Original research: Tragedy into policy: A quantitative study of nurses' attitudes toward patient advocacy activities

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 26-35

  Black, Lisa M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Nevada Nurses Association   (United States)

^c Nevada State Board of Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Las Vegas hepatitis C outbreak; patient advocacy; whistleblower

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RECYCLING; UNITED STATES; WHISTLEBLOWING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 79958122262     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000398537.06542.c0     Document Type: Article

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