The meaning of work for nursing assistants who stay in long-term care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 8 B, 2005, Pages 90-97

  Secrest, Janet ^a   Iorio, Daniel H ^a   Martz, Wallis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee ^*

Author keywords

King's theory of goal attainment; Long term care; Nursing assistants; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944442733     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01282.x     Document Type: Review

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