Nursing in general practice: Organizational possibilities for decision latitude, created skill, social support and identity derived from role

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 614-624

  Merrick, Eamon ^a   Duffield, Christine ^a   Baldwin, Richard ^a   Fry, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurse roles; Organisational behaviour; Practice nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84856797091     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05769.x     Document Type: Article

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