Is caring in nursing an impossible ideal for today's practicing nurse

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-101

  Summer, Jane ^a  

^a LSUHSC School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring in nursing; Considerateness; Critical social theory; Power; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149148295     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAQ.0000314537.98746.00     Document Type: Article

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