The praxis of courage as a foundation for care

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 263-270

  Hawkins, Sara F ^a   Morse, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept analysis; Courage; Fear; Nursing; Patient safety; Pragmatic utility; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; COURAGE; FEAR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRAGMATIC UTILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CONCEPT ANALYSIS; COURAGE; FEAR; NURSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRAGMATIC UTILITY; RISK-TAKING;

ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84903597555     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12077     Document Type: Article

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