Satisfaction and Retention of CNAs Working Within a Functional Model of Elder Care

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 309-312

  Weitzel, Tina ^a   Robinson, Sherry B ^a   Henderson, Lisa ^a   Anderson, Kathy ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNAs; Functional decline; Functional Model of Elder Care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644374698     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200411000-00007     Document Type: Article

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