A qualitative analysis of stress, uplifts and coping in the personal and professional lives of Singaporean nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1022-1033

  Lim, Joanne ^a   Hepworth, Julie ^a   Bogossian, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Interviews; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative; Singapore; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954608930     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05572.x     Document Type: Article

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