Nurses' self-care behaviors related to weight and stress

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Nahm, Eun Shim ^a   Warren, Joan ^b   Zhu, Shijun ^a   An, Minjeong ^a   Brown, Jeanine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Franklin Square Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurses; Self care; Stress; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OVERWEIGHT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867055616     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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