Development of the Family Nurse caring belief scale (FNCBS)

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-502

  Meiers, Sonja J ^a   Tomlinson, Patricia ^b   Peden McAlpine, Cynthia ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family care; Instrumentation; Interpersonal relationships; Methods; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749095899     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840707310734     Document Type: Article

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