Power and empowerment in nursing: Looking backward to inform the future

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Manojlovich, Milisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Empowerment; Feminist theory; Job satisfaction; Nursing outcomes; Nursing practice; Nursing practice environment; Power; Relational theory; Socialist feminism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33847621766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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