Nursing students' time management, reducing stress and gaining satisfaction: A grounded theory study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Mirzaei, Tayebeh ^a   Oskouie, Fatemeh ^b   Rafii, Forough ^b  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Iran; Nursing student; Satisfaction; Stress; Time management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857192913     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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