Intensive care unit staff nurses: Predicting factors for career decisions

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1886-1896

  Lai, Hui Ling ^a,b   Lin, Ya Ping ^b   Chang, Hui Kuan ^b   Wang, Shu Chen ^b   Liu, Yun Ling ^b   Lee, Huei Chen ^b   Peng, Tai Chu ^c   Chang, Fwu Mei ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Nurses; Nursing; Occupation; Taiwan; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 44949100200     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02180.x     Document Type: Article

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