title: Concept analysis of nurses' happiness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this analysis is to examine and clarify the concept of nurses' happiness (NH), understand the different uses of the concept, explore the conditions that foster it, and consider the consequences of NH, including the phenomena that emerge as a result of NH occurrence.
  
  
  METHODS
  The author utilizes Walker and Avant's eight-stage concept analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Computer and manual searches were conducted of articles in the English language addressing NH from 1990 to present. EBSCO and PubMed are the electronic databases used to access literature for this paper. For both databases, the researcher has examined this new term by splitting the term nurses' happiness into its two root words, namely nurses and happiness. An inductive analysis of articles produced descriptive themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Definitions of happiness and NH are analyzed. Antecedents, attributes, and consequences of NH are described. Model, borderline, contrary, and related cases for NH are also identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This concept analysis helps in the understanding of the definition of NH, the attributes that contribute to the occurrence of NH in clinical practice, as well as the consequences of NH, and how it should be measured from a nursing perspective. Ozkara San.
authors.affiliation: NYU College of Nursing; Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing; City University of New York-Graduate Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Eda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozkara San
mesh_terms: D003210:Concept Formation; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses
keywords: Concept analysis; emotional aspect; nurses' happiness; work satisfaction