Role stress and role ambiguity in new nursing graduates in Australia

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-163

  Chang, Esther ^a   Hancock, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Longitudinal study; New nursing graduates; Role ambiguity; Role overload; Role stress; Stress reduction strategies

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AMBIGUITY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; VARIANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0038653157     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2003.00147.x     Document Type: Review

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