Reasons registered nurses report serious wrongdoings in a public teaching hospital

Psychological Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 626-636

  King, Granville ^a   Scudder, Joseph N ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WHISTLEBLOWING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEER GROUP; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 84878227526     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/21.13.PR0.112.2.626-636     Document Type: Article

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