Quality of work life: Experiences of Iranian nurses

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-75

  Vagharseyyedin, Seyyed Abolfazl ^a   Vanaki, Zohreh ^b   Mohammadi, Eesa ^a  

^a Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Nurses; Qualitative study; Quality of work life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECORDING; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79952994779     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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