Canadian public health nurses' job satisfaction

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Best, Maureen F ^a,b,c   Thurston, Norma E ^b  

^a CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Measurement; Public health nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STANDARD; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745294816     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.230307.x     Document Type: Article

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