Searching for value: The influence of policy and reform on nurses' sense of value in long-term aged care in Australia

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 326-333

  Venturato, Lorraine ^a   Kellett, Ursula ^a   Windsor, Carol ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Health care policy; Job satisfaction; Nursing homes; Retention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 39049189694     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2006.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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