title: A comparison of the positive and negative work attitudes of home health care and hospital nurses.
abstract: This article compares the positive and negative stress response work attitudes of 126 home health care registered nurses (RNs) and 145 hospital RNs. Home health care nurses reported significantly lower levels of the negative work attitudes, anger/hostility, and frustration with the system. There was no significant difference between the two groups of RNs among the positive work attitudes of job satisfaction, positive affect, hope, meaningfulness, manageability, and trust in the supervisor and the negative work attitudes frustration with the supervisor, job alienation, and negative affect.
authors.affiliation: School of Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Neal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D003625:Data Collection; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009013:Morale; D009341:Negativism; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D015206:Southwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*