Practice area and work demands in nurses' aides: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Eriksen, Willy ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THREAT; VIOLENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE; BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFLICT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33646395111     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-97     Document Type: Article

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