Empowerment and its application in health promotion in acute care settings: nurses' perceptions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-138

  Chambers, Derek ^a   Thompson, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute care; empowerment; health promotion; nurse education; nurses' perceptions; vignettes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 57649182044     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04851.x     Document Type: Article

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