An instrument to measure job satisfaction of certified nurse assistants

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-220

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77958571998     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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