The weekend matters: Exploring when and how nurses best recover from work stress

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 578-589

  Drach Zahavy, Anat ^a   Marzuq, Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotional exhaustion; Nurses; Nursing; Recovery; Short respite; Vigour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84873999272     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06033.x     Document Type: Article

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