An occupational look at temporal adaptation: Night shift nurses

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-30

  Gallew, Heather A ^a   Mu, Keli ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Night shift nurses; Occupational patterns and routines; Phenomenological study; Temporal adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008851331     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: 21581576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2004.9686528     Document Type: Article

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