The power of professional nursing practice--an essential element of patient and family centered care.
Online J Issues Nurs
; 12(1): 4, 2007 Jan 31.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17330986
ABSTRACT
Understanding power and learning how to use it is critical if nurses' efforts to shape their practice and work environments are to be successful. As part of our efforts to develop a Fast-Track BSN-to-PhD nursing program, we met with nurse leaders from six organizations to explore what power means, how nurses acquire it, and how they demonstrate it in their practice. Through these discussions, we identified eight characteristics of powerful nursing practice that, together, form a framework that can guide nurses' efforts to develop a powerful practice and shape the health care delivery settings and academic institutions in which they work. In this article we review recent studies of organizational power and share discussions which helped us better understand nursing power and the ways in which it is manifested. We also reflect on what power means for individual nurses and the profession and discuss how our insights influenced our Fast-Track program.
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Eixos temáticos:
Capacitacao_em_gestao_de_ciencia
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prática Profissional
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Poder Psicológico
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Enfermagem
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article