Adjusting to personal and organisational change: Views and experiences of female nurses aged 40-60 years

Collegian

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 85-91

  Gabrielle, Sarah ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b   Mannix, Judy ^b  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Female nurses; Feminist; Older; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGING; AUSTRALIA; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSING STAFF; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 46449135187     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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