Scope of practice conflict in nursing: A new war or just the same battle?

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 86-95

  Eagar, Sandy ^a   Cowin, Leanne S ^b   Gregory, Linda ^c   Firtko, Angela ^a  

^a SSWAHS Centre for Education and Workforce Development   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conflict; Nursing bullying; Power; Scope of practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FOCUS GROUPS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING;

EID: 79953022105     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.36.1-2.086     Document Type: Article

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