A healthy work environment

care for the well-being and health of employees in nursing

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  • Mateja Lorber University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Žitna ulica 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

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https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2018.52.3.851

Keywords:

health of employees, nursing, healthy work environment

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Mateja Lorber, University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Žitna ulica 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Assistant Professor, PhD, MSc, BSc, RN

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2018-09-16

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Lorber, M. (2018). A healthy work environment: care for the well-being and health of employees in nursing. Slovenian Nursing Review, 52(3), 148–152. https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2018.52.3.851

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