Explaining why nurses remain in or leave bedside nursing: A critical ethnography

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-13

  Mahon, Paula ^a   McPherson, Gladys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical ethnography; Critical theory; Nurses' work; Nursing research; Power; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY; CRITICAL THEORY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSES' WORK; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POWER; REFLEXIVITY;

CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY; CRITICAL THEORY; NURSES' WORK; NURSING RESEARCH; POWER; REFLEXIVITY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84908314098     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr.22.1.8.e1271     Document Type: Article

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