Professional autonomy of occupational health nurses in the United States

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Thompson, Margaret C ^a  

^a Croft Taylor Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862269361     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20120328-23     Document Type: Review

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