Workplace environment for nurses and healthcare assistants in residential aged care facilities in New Zealand.
Objective Continuous work under environmental and thermal discomfort such as cold, heat, and dim light has the potential to affect the health of nurses and healthcare assistants working in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF). The resulting health issues to workers from exposure to thermal discom...
| Publicado en: | Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 6 - 18 |
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Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
Jun-Aug2019
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