Learning and development: Promoting nurses' performance and work attitudes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 609-620

  Johnson, Anya ^a   Hong, Helena ^a   Groth, Markus ^a   Parker, Sharon K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Learning and development programme; Nurses; Organizational commitment; Work attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951544680     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05487.x     Document Type: Article

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