Rethinking shiftwork: Mid-life nurses making it work!

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-187

  West, Sandra ^a   Mapedzahama, Virginia ^a   Ahern, Maureen ^a   Rudge, Trudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bodywork; Emotional labour; Nursing; Rosters scheduling; Shiftwork; Work life interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84860307010     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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