Factors affecting nurses' decisions to join their professional association: Original Article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-165

  Alotaibi, M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Benefits; Kuwait; Membership; Nurses; Professional association; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEISURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KUWAIT; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 34247885924     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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