Role of the ward sister: tensions, pressures, opportunities
Doherty, Carole, Gatenby, Mark and Hales, Colin (2010) Role of the ward sister: tensions, pressures, opportunities. Nursing Standard, 24, (51), 35-40.
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Description/Abstract
This article investigates the factors that have shaped the role and work experiences of ward sisters and charge nurses. The article considers how ward sisters make sense of the tensions between their clinical and managerial responsibilities and the contradictions inherent in different aspects of their role. It offers suggestions on how these tensions might be alleviated
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0029-6570 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Law > Southampton Management School |
| Item ID: | 336290 |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2012 08:53 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2012 08:53 |
| Contributors: | Doherty, Carole (Author) Gatenby, Mark (Author) Hales, Colin (Author) |
| Funder: | National Institute of Health Research (RP-PG-0606-1006) |
| Date: | August 2010 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/336290 |
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