Team nursing in acute care settings: Nurses' experiences

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-12

  Cioffi, Jane ^a   Ferguson, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Experience; Models of care; Nursing; Skill mix; Team nursing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, NURSING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; NURSING, TEAM; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 73949137835     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.33.1.2     Document Type: Article

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