Measuring community nurses' job satisfaction: Literature review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 521-529

  Caers, Ralf ^a   Du Bois, Cindy ^b   Jegers, Marc ^b   De Gieter, Sara ^b   De Cooman, Rein ^b   Pepermans, Roland ^b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Home healthcare nurses' job satisfaction scale; Job satisfaction; Literature review; Measure of Job Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 43949140207     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04620.x     Document Type: Review

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