What motivates people to enter professional nursing?

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-605

  Mimura, Chizu ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^b   Norman, Ian ^b  

^a Himorogi Psychiatric Institute   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Career choice; Nurse recruitment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NURSING;

CAREER CHOICE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NURSING;

EID: 62749141591     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.07.007     Document Type: Editorial

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