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Role identity and job satisfaction of community health nurses
Author(s) -
Cloutier Shirley,
Dickenson Dena,
Diem Elizabeth
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.1997.tb00097.x
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , nursing , public health , identity (music) , health care , confusion , public health nursing , community health , medicine , psychology , social psychology , political science , physics , acoustics , psychoanalysis , law
Cloutier Laffrey S, Dickenson D, Diem E. International Journal of Nursing Practice 1997; 3: 178–187 Role identity and job satisfaction of community health nurses Although many efforts have been made to articulate the nature of community health nursing practice, there continues to be a great deal of confusion about the roles and functions of community health nurses. This article reports a descriptive research study of the role identity and job satisfaction of 43 staff community health nurses practicing in home health care, generalized public health nursing, combined public health/home health care (PH/HHC), and specialized programmes. Although differences were found, the home health, generalized public health, and PH/HHC nurses shared a similar core identity. The major differences were seen for the nurses working in specialized programmes. No significant differences were found in job satisfaction among the four groups.