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Title	An investigation of the occupational health status of nurses working in an isolated setting
Author	Thibeault, Catherine Ann
Description	Thesis (M.N.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1989. Nursing
Date	1989
Pagination	vii, 169 leaves : ill., map.
Subject	Nurses--Health and hygiene--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador; Nurses--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--Job stress
Degree	M.N.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. School of Nursing
Discipline	Nursing
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 155-163.
Abstract	An ethnographic method was used to examine the occupational health status of nurses working in an isolated community on the coast of Labrador. The researcher spent two months observing two nurses as they worked in the community, and collected data relating to the nurses' perceptions of their own work-related health. Data was collected using open-ended, unstructured interviews and participant-observation. Each nurse was found to experience different levels of work-related stress and job satisfaction. Both nurses, however, identified physical environment, role structure and role responsibilities as external variables affecting their work-related health. The effect of these variables appeared to be mediated by the internal variables of job satisfaction, stress response, physical health status and coping styles. The author recommended a re-evaluation of the nurses' role structure to reduce role conflict and role overload, and also recommended that specific educational preparation and professional support programs be established for these nurses.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	76038586
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(22.48 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Thibeault_CatherineAnn.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	96776.cpd