Nurse-environment misfit and nursing practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 819-826

  Takase, Miyuki ^a   Kershaw, Esme ^b   Burt, Lorraine ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job performance; Job satisfaction; Nurse environment misfit; Nurses' self concept; Nursing image discrepancy; Nursing practice; Nursing profession; Nursing stereotypes; Professionalization; Public image of nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0035462107     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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