Exploring how new registered nurses construct professional identity in hospital settings

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Deppoliti, Denise ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 47349100765     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20080601-03     Document Type: Article

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