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Healthy Ageing in the Geriatric Nursing Profession: A Salutogenic Intervention Program

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Geriatric nursing is demanding in both physical and psychological senses. A 3-year intervention program aimed at preventing the health-related early retirement of geriatric nurses has been designed.

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Haubold, AK. et al. (2016). Healthy Ageing in the Geriatric Nursing Profession: A Salutogenic Intervention Program. In: Wiencke, M., Cacace, M., Fischer, S. (eds) Healthy at Work . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_21

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