Professional career development for male nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 642-650

  Yang, Cheng I ^a   Gau, Meei Ling ^b   Shiau, Shu Jen ^c   Hu, Wei Herng ^d   Shih, Fu Jin ^e  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Difficulties; Professional career development; Taiwanese male nurses

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SKILL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSES, MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX FACTORS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 10044219578     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03252.x     Document Type: Article

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