Nursing workforce in very remote Australia, characteristics and key issues

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Lenthall, Sue ^a   Wakerman, John ^a   Opie, Tess ^b   Dunn, Sandra ^a   MacLeod, Martha ^c   Dollard, Maureen ^b   Rickard, Greg ^a   Knight, Sabina ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indigenous community; Nursing workforce; Remote area nurse; Remote health; Remote workforce; Very remote Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79251516444     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2010.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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