Occupational stress in the Australian nursing workforce: A comparison between hospital-based nurses and nurses working in very remote communities

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 36-43

  Opie, Tessa ^a   Lenthall, Sue ^d   Wakerman, John ^b   Dollard, Maureen ^a   MacLeod, Martha ^c   Knight, Sabina ^b   Rickard, Greg ^c   Dunn, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Charles Darwin University ^*

Author keywords

Emotional exhaustion; Hospital based nursing; Job demands resources model; Job satisfaction; Occupational stress; Psychological distress; Remote area nursing; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959845870     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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