Enhancing resilience in registered aged care nurses

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 66-71

  Cameron, Fiona ^a   Brownie, Sonya ^b  

^a School of Health and Sport   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Nurses; Resilience; Staff retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957151656     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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