Bad Versus Good, What Matters More on the Treatment Floor? Relationships of Positive and Negative Events With Nurses' Burnout and Engagement

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 475-491

  Sinclair, Robert R ^a   Sliter, Michael ^b   Mohr, Cynthia D ^c   Sears, Lindsay E ^d   Deese, Marylin Nicole ^e   Wright, Robert R ^f   Cadiz, David ^c   Jacobs, Laurie ^g  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FurstPerson   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Health Research   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital institutional environment; Job related stress; Staffing scheduling turnover; Systems research patterns of care; Work job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84946716254     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21696     Document Type: Article

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