Opportunities and obstacles for good work in nursing

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-487

  Miller, Joan F ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Good work; Mentoring; Quality care; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TEACHER; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; GOALS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTORS; MORALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; Q-SORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME MANAGEMENT; VIRTUES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33748449872     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006nej894oa     Document Type: Article

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