The Development of the Nurse Workplace Scale: Self-Advocating Behaviors and Beliefs in the Professional Workplace

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 296-301

  DeMarco, Rosanna ^a   Roberts, Susan Jo ^a,b   Norris, Anne ^a   McCurry, Mary K ^a,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse self advocacy; Nurse workplace interventions; Nurse Workplace Scale; Professional development; Workplace behaviors; Workplace beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 51649128801     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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