The effectiveness of empowering in-service training programs for foreign nurse aides in community-based long-term care facilities

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Li yu, Wu ^a   Yin, Teresa J C ^b,c   I chuan, Li ^c,d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d National Yang Ming University ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Foreign nurse aides; In service training programs; Long term care; Work stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; RESEARCH; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; STRESS; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 18544386051     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220208.x     Document Type: Article

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