Critical incident technique utilization in research on holistic nurses

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 254-262

  Sharoff, Leighsa ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical incident technique; Descriptive data collection; Holistic nursing; Qualitative research; Reflection; Research methodology; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 34548299770     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HNP.0000287989.40215.87     Document Type: Article

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