Seclusion as a necessary intervention: The relationship between burnout, job satisfaction and therapeutic optimism and justification for the use of seclusion

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1222-1231

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Koehn, Stefan ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Burnout; Job satisfaction; Mental health; Nurses; Therapeutic optimism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTLESSNESS; SAFETY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955730481     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05570.x     Document Type: Article

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