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Nursing authority *
Author(s) -
Labelle Huguette
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1978.tb00839.x
Subject(s) - nursing , accountability , interpersonal communication , power (physics) , interpersonal relationship , field (mathematics) , psychology , medicine , political science , social psychology , law , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Four factors associated with authority, namely, (1) extensive knowledge of one's field, along with a good understanding of related area, (2) accountability, (3) interpersonal relationships, and (4) power, are identified and applied to the field of nursing. The author argues that nursing authority is a vital tool for individual nurses and for the nursing collective and that the capacity of nurses to influence is enormous if only they can develop the confidence to mobilize their own individual and collective potential.