A nine-month intervention programme focusing on empowerment; Caregivers' descriptions of changed behaviour and increased room for acting

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 866-873

  Häggström, Elisabeth ^a   Engström, Maria ^a   Barbro, Barbro Wadensten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Empowerment; Public nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TIME; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60249091070     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02595.x     Document Type: Article

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