Registered Nurses' work experiences: Personal accounts integrated with professional identity

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-291

  Fagerberg, Ingegerd ^a,b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Holistic care; Nurses; Personal attributes; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Professional development; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTION; REGISTER; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 2342518734     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.02988.x     Document Type: Article

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