Home Healthcare Nurses' Job Satisfaction Scale: Refinement and psychometric testing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-78

  Ellenbecker, Carol H ^a   Byleckie, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BH Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

Home Healthcare Nurses' Job Satisfaction Scale; Instrument; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 24944466491     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03556.x     Document Type: Article

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