"The pure hard slog that nursing is . . .": A qualitative analysis of nursing work

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 377-388

  Bogossian, Fiona ^a   Winters Chang, Peta ^a   Tuckett, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nursing; Remuneration; Shift work; Violence; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REMUNERATION; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; WORKLOAD;

NURSING; REMUNERATION; SHIFT WORK; VIOLENCE; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSES; NURSING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; VIOLENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84906703687     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12090     Document Type: Article

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