Nurses' and midwives' assertive behaviour in the workplace

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-45

  Timmins, Fiona ^a   McCabe, Catherine ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assertiveness; Colleagues; Management; Midwives; Nurses; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDWIFE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSING STAFF; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20444497208     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03458.x     Document Type: Article

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