Creating conditions for good nursing by attending to the spiritual

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1002-1011

  Biro, Anne L ^a  

^a ABiro Professional Health Consultancy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Good nursing; Resiliency; Spiritual care; Spirituality; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION;

ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84869156110     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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