Compassion and responsibility in surgical care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 522-534

  Torjuul, Kirsti ^a   Elstad, Ingunn ^b   Sørlie, Venke ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Bodø Institute of Nursing and Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compassion; Confirmation; Conscience; Moral identity; Nursing responsibility; Surgical units

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; CONSCIENCE; EMPATHY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSCIENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MORALS; NARRATION; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34347239721     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007077886     Document Type: Article

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