Families' importance in nursing care: Nurses' attitudes - An instrument development

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-117

  Benzein, Eva ^a   Johansson, Pauline ^a   Årestedt, Kristofer Franzén ^a   Berg, Agneta ^b   Saveman, Britt Inger ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Family nursing; Instrument development; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 43249094895     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840707312716     Document Type: Article

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