Quality nursing care in the words of nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1689-1697

  Burhans, Linda Maas ^a   Alligood, Martha Raile ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermeneutic phenomenology; Nursing; Nursing care; Qualitative; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955169881     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05344.x     Document Type: Article

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