The mental health nurse incentive program: The benefits from a client perspective

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 646-653

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Palmer, Christine ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mental Health Nurse in Private Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 77956943745     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2010.488784     Document Type: Article

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