Health issues among nurses in Taiwanese hospitals: National survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1377-1384

  Chiou, Shu Ti ^a,b   Chiang, Jen Huai ^a   Huang, Nicole ^b   Wu, Chih Hsun ^a   Chien, Li Yin ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Health promotion; Hospitals; Nurses; Nursing administration; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING MANAGEMENT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

DEPRESSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS; NURSES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 84883052894     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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