Nurses' experiences of uncertainty in clinical practice: A descriptive study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 991-999

  Vaismoradi, Mojtaba ^a   Salsali, Mahvash ^a   Ahmadi, Fazlollah ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical uncertainty; Content analysis; Iran; Nurses; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79954464447     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05547.x     Document Type: Article

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