Further psychometric testing of the home healthcare nurse job satisfaction scale

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-164

  Ellenbecker, Carol Hall ^a   Byleckie, James J ^b   Samia, Linda W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BH Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

HHNJS; Homecare; Instrument development and validation; Nurse; Work job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 42949124398     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20241     Document Type: Article

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