Changing to primary nursing in a nursing home in Finland: Experiences of residents, their family members and nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 475-483

  Laakso, Sami ^a   Routasalo, Pirkko ^b  

^a Hormos Medical Ltd   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Families; Finland; Nursing home; Primary nursing; Residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MOTIVATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MOTIVATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035257305     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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