A profile of registered nurses in rural and remote Canada

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-145

  Stewart, Norma J ^a   D'Arcy, Carl ^b   Pitblado, J Roger ^c   Morgan, Debra G ^a   Forbes, Dorothy ^a   Remus, Gail ^d   Smith, Barbara ^a   Andrews, Mary Ellen ^a   Kosteniuk, Julie ^b   Kulig, Judith C ^e   MacLeod, Martha L P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Sunrise Regional Health Authority   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community satisfaction; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Remote; Rural

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20144389019     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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