"Catching my wavelength": Perceptions of the excellent nurse

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Jensen, Kirsten Pryds ^a   Bäck Pettersson, Siv ^a   Segesten, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Excellence in Nursing; Excellent Nurse; Nurse Patient Relationship; Patient's Perception; Watson's Theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0030303926     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089431849600900310     Document Type: Article

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