Caring for elders: The role of registered nurses in nursing homes

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-120

  Bedin, Maria Grazia ^a   Droz Mendelzweig, Marion ^a   Chappuis, Marianne ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Gerontological nursing; Long term care; Nurse role; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

EID: 84878148984     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2012.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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