Nurses' perceptions of environmental pressures in relation to their occupational stress

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3172-3180

  Su, Shu Fen ^a   Boore, Jennifer ^b   Jenkins, Mary ^b   Liu, Po Erh ^b   Yang, Ming Jen ^c  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Yuh Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critical care nurses; Cultural belief; Environmental changes; Grounded theory; Nursing; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NURSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349909880     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02771.x     Document Type: Article

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