Newton's cradle: A metaphor to consider the flexibility, resistance and direction of nursing's future

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-139

  Mcallister, Margaret ^a   Madsen, Wendy ^a   Holmes, Colin ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change; Future; History; Metaphor; Nursing; Profession; Technology

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INVENTION; LEADERSHIP; LITERATURE; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; LEADERSHIP; METAPHOR; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84900533671     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12037     Document Type: Article

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