Registered Nurses' views on their professional role

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 933-941

  Furåker, Carina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competence; Focus group; Profession; Role; Work content

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049126416     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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