Nurses Returning to School: Motivators, Inhibitors and Job Satisfaction

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 85-93

  Harris, Patrick W ^a   Burman, Mary E ^b  

^a Wyoming Department of Workforce Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibitors; Job satisfaction; Motivators; Return to school

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY;

EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 84960913396     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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