Perceived stress among nursing staff in psychiatric inpatient care: The influence of perceptions of the ward atmosphere and the psychosocial work environment

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 441-448

  Tuvesson, Hanna ^a   Eklund, Mona ^b   Wann Hansson, Christine ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960225441     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2011.564344     Document Type: Article

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