Relationships among work stress, job satisfaction, mental health, and healthy lifestyle behaviors in new graduate nurses attending the nurse athlete program: A call to action for nursing leaders

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 278-285

  Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek ^a   Hrabe, David P ^a   Szalacha, Laura A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; new graduate nurses; occupational stress; work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884877453     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e3182a2f963     Document Type: Article

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