Delegation: What it means to acute care nurses

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-14

  Standing, Theresa S ^a   Anthony, Mary K ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349121062     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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