Public nursing home staff's experience of participating in an intervention aimed at enhancing their self-esteem

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 833-842

  Wadensten, Barbro ^a   EngstrÖm, Maria ^a,b   HÄggstrÖm, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Empowerment; Feminist theory; Nursing home staff; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349683016     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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