Leading nurses in dire straits: Head nurses' navigation between nursing and leadership roles

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-430

  Sørensen, Erik E ^a   Delmar, Charlotte ^a   Pedersen, Birthe D ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinician; Hybrid; Manager; Nursing leadership; Roles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DENMARK; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY;

EID: 79955960726     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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