RN work engagement in generational cohorts: The view from rural US hospitals

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 927-940

  Sullivan Havens, Donna ^a   Warshawsky, Nora E ^b   Vasey, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational cohorts; Professional nursing practice; Rural nurses; Utrecht work engagement scale; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERATIONAL COHORTS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL NURSES; UNITED STATES; UTRECHT WORK ENGAGEMENT SCALE; WORK ENGAGEMENT;

GENERATIONAL COHORTS; PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE; RURAL NURSES; UTRECHT WORK ENGAGEMENT SCALE; WORK ENGAGEMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885816863     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12171     Document Type: Article

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