A survey on job satisfaction among nursing staff before and after introduction of the NIDCAP model of care in a level III NICU in the Netherlands

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-245

  Wielenga, Joke M ^a   Smit, Bert J ^b   Unk, Karel A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental care; Index of work satisfaction; Job satisfaction; Neonatal intensive care nursing; NIDCAP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; NURSING CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149185368     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANC.0000333712.91140.84     Document Type: Article

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