How healthy are our nurses? New and registered nurses compared

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 489-496

  Malik, Sumaira ^a   Blake, Holly ^a   Batt, Mark ^b  

^a Ageing and Stroke Medicine Section   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Education; General health; Health behaviour; Nurses; Physical activity; Role models; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955539558     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.8.489     Document Type: Article

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