Non-nursing tasks as experienced by nurses: a descriptive qualitative study

International Nursing Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 259-268

  Grosso, S ^a   Tonet, S ^a   Bernard, I ^a   Corso, J ^a   De Marchi, D ^a   Dorigo, L ^a   Funes, G ^a   Lussu, M ^a   Oppio, N ^a   Pais dei Mori, L ^b   Palese, A ^c  

^a Member of the Nursing Board IPASVI   (Italy)

^b President of the Nursing Board IPASVI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Non Nursing Tasks; Nursing; Organizational Work; Qualitative Study; Scope of Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); ITALY; MORALITY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ROLE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK; WORK ENGAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK ENGAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85061506225     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12496     Document Type: Article

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