Psychometric evaluation of the nursing stress scale (NSS) among Chinese nurses in Taiwan

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-144

  Lee, Mei Hua ^a   Holzemer, William L ^b   Faucett, Julia ^b  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese version; Instrument translation; Job stressors; Nursing stress; Nursing stress scale; Work stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 35949002030     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/106137407782156381     Document Type: Article

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