Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , January 2008

Work Empowerment as Experienced by Nurses in Elderly Care

  • Tarja Suominen, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Suominen: Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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  • Niina Savikko, RN

      Affiliations

    • PhD-student, Researcher, Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
  • ,
  • Kirsi Kiviniemi, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Helsinki, Finland
  • ,
  • Diane Irvine Doran, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • ,
  • Helena Leino-Kilpi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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PII: S8755-7223(07)00138-X

doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.06.005

Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , January 2008