Job satisfaction among intensive care nurses from the People's Republic of China: Original Article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Li, J ^a   Lambert, V A ^b,c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Lambert and Lambert Nursing Consultants   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Coping Strategies; Demographics; Intensive Care Nurses; Job Satisfaction; Workplace Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 39149133942     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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