Moral distress and its correlates among mental health nurses in Jordan

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-41

  Hamaideh, Shaher H ^a,b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b ALMAAREFA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job satisfaction; Jordan; Mental health nurses; Moral distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; MORALS; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891899743     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12000     Document Type: Article

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