Toward a theory of self-reconciliation following mistakes in nursing practice

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Crigger, Nancy J ^a   Meek, Vicki L ^a  

^a WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Ethics; Medical errors; Mistakes; Nursing errors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; EGO; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATIONALIZATION; REALITY TESTING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME;

EID: 34547267889     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2007.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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