A ward without walls? District nurses' perceptions of their workload management priorities and job satisfaction

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3012-3020

  Stuart, Elaine Haycock ^b   Jarvis, Alison ^a   Daniel, Katie ^c  

^a Deaconess House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; District nursing; Homecare; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 53849115046     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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