A study of job stress, stress coping strategies, and job satisfaction for nurses working in middle-level hospital operating rooms

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-211

  Chen, Chung Kuang ^a   Lin, Cecilia ^b   Wang, Shu Hui ^b   Hou, Tung Hsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b St Joseph Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Job stress; Stress coping strategy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 73449139828     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNR.0b013e3181b2557b     Document Type: Article

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