Hospital nurses' job satisfaction: A literature review

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1002-1010

  Utriainen, Kati ^a   KyngÄs, Helvi ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Literature review; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70450184563     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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