The relationships between communication, care and time are intertwined: A narrative inquiry exploring the impact of time on registered nurses' work

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2020-2029

  Chan, Engle Angela ^a   Jones, Aled ^b   Wong, Kitty ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital institutional environment; Narrative inquiry; Nursing care; Qualitative; Routine work; Time; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL/INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NARRATIVE INQUIRY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE; ROUTINE WORK; TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

HOSPITAL/INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; NARRATIVE INQUIRY; NURSING CARE; QUALITATIVE; ROUTINE WORK; TIME; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

COMMUNICATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 84882279156     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12064     Document Type: Article

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