Meeting ethical challenges in acute care work as narrated by enrolled nurses

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-188

  Sørlie, Venke ^a   Kihlgren, Annica Larsson ^b   Kihlgren, Mona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute care; Confirmation; Conscience; Enrolled nurses; Ethics; Narrative; Responsibility; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; CONSCIENCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKLOAD;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSCIENCE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2142640175     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733004ne682oa     Document Type: Review

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