Professional autonomy of nurses in hospital settings - a review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Varjus, Sirkka Liisa ^a,b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a,c   Suominen, Tarja ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Satakunta Hospital District and Public Social and Health Services of Pori   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Hospital; Literature review; Nurses; Nursing staff; Professional autonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 79951532299     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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