What home healthcare nurses are saying about their jobs

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-324

  Ellenbecker, Carol Hall ^a   Boylan, Leslie Neal ^b   Samia, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745794957     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200605000-00010     Document Type: Article

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