Empowerment an essential ingredient in the clinical environment: A review of the literature

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 487-492

  Kennedy, Sara ^a   Hardiker, Nicholas ^b   Staniland, Karen ^b  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Nursing students and empowerment; Organisational benefits of empowerment; Organisational empowerment; Psychological empowerment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, NURSING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84923624748     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.11.014     Document Type: Review

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