Creating a healthy workplace for new-generation nurses

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-297

  Lavoie Tremblay, Mélanie ^a,b   Wright, David ^c   Desforges, Nicole ^a   Gélinas, Céline ^a,d   Marchionni, Caroline ^e   Drevniok, Ulrika ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration; Quantitative; Work environment working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POPULATION GROWTH; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249142389     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2008.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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