The significance of nurse supervisors' different ethical decision-making styles

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 637-643

  Berggren, Ingela ^a,d   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical nursing supervision; Ethical decision making; Nurse supervisors' styles; Relationship; Responsibility; Role model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33750314115     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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