Predictors of job satisfaction for rural acute care registered nurses in Canada

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 785-800

  Penz, Kelly ^a   Stewart, Norma J ^a   D'Arcy, Carl ^a   Morgan, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Job satisfaction; Location of care; Methods; Multiple regression; Nurses as subjects; Registered nurses; Rural nursing practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 53349140894     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945908319248     Document Type: Article

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