Relationships among nurses' professional self-concept, health, and lifestyles

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-62

  Hensel, Desiree ^a  

^a Indiana School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety stress; descriptive quantitative; diet and eating; exercise; health screening behaviors; nurses; self concept; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 78650992162     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945910373754     Document Type: Article

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