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Comparative effectiveness of two training programmes on assertive behaviour

09 June 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the extent of academic and professional development of enrolled nurses who have completed a conversion course.

How nurse managers let down staff

01 June 2006

Nursing Management

Leadership

NURSES HAVE been taught traditionally to be acquiescent, even submissive, helpers of doctors (Poroch and Mcintosh 1995), and nursing has been described as ‘an...

Assertiveness, power and influence

15 September 1999

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article describes how nurses can use the concepts of assertiveness, power and influence to maximise their effectiveness in delivering care and bringing about...

Assertiveness, power and influence

01 July 2000

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

This article describes how nurses can use the concepts of assertiveness, power and influence to maximise their effectiveness in delivering care and bringing about...

Speak out or shut up? Accountability and the student nurse

01 July 2004

Paediatric Nursing

General

From the commencement of nurse training, the importance of being accountable and of acting in the patient’s best interests is constantly highlighted and reinforced....

Standing firm

22 May 2007

Nursing Standard

Reflections

Assertiveness is the ability to express clearly what you want, think or feel. It is as important in nurses’ home lives as it is at work.

Keeping patients safe

31 October 2006

Nursing Standard

Special focus: skill mix

Critical care nurse Jeremy Benton questions RCN executive director of nursing Alison Kitson about creating a safe environment for patients.