Nursing morale: Predictive variables among a sample of Registered Nurses in Australia

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-284

  Day, Gary ^a,c   Minichiello, Victor ^b   Madison, Jeanne ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abuse; Morale; Nursing; Patient care; Team interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; MORALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MORALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, TEAM; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947255008     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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