Creating workplace environments that support moral courage

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  LaSala, Cynthia Ann ^a   Bjarnason, Dana ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical work environment; Evidence based leadership; Leadership; Moral courage; Moral development; Organizational empowerment; Professional practice models; Shared governance in nursing; Support for moral courage; The ethic of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551702057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol15No03Man04     Document Type: Article

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