Staff empowerment in intensive care: Nurses' and physicians' lived experiences

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 262-269

  Wåhlin, Ingrid ^a,b   Ek, Anna Christina ^a   Idvall, Ewa ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kalmar Hospital   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical care; Experiences; Interview; Work satisfaction; Workplace empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956616168     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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