Do nurses exercise power in basic care situations?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-280

  Palviainen, Piia ^b   Hietala, Minna ^c   Routasalo, Pirkko ^a   Suominen, Tarja ^a   Hupli, Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Asumispalvelukeskus Wilhelmiina   (Finland)

^c Ylivieska Institute of Technology and Social Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute care; Long term care; Nurse; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038312267     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne605oa     Document Type: Review

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