Tasks and Technology Versus Compassion and Caring in Nursing: Are they Mutually Exclusive?

Journal for Nurses in Professional Development

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 338-340

  Johnson, Joyce A ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; EMPATHY; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84949547498     PISSN: 21699798     EISSN: 2169981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000210     Document Type: Short Survey

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