School nurse perspectives of challenges and how they perceive success in their professional nursing roles

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-162

  Smith, Shirley G ^a   Firmin, Michael W ^b  

^a Department of Public Utilities   (United States)

^b CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nursing education; Role challenges; School nurses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL NURSING;

EID: 66649101992     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840509331900     Document Type: Article

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