'I love my work, but...': The 'best' and the 'worst' in nurse educators' working life in Finland

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1098-1109

  Harri, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING EDUCATION; SPOUSE; WORKLOAD;

FACULTY, NURSING; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; SPOUSES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030162390     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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