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Promoting Situational Support for Nurses in Practice
Author(s) -
Brooks Evelyn,
Wilkinson Judith M.,
PopkessVawter Sue
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00339.x
Subject(s) - situational ethics , autonomy , coping (psychology) , psychology , social support , cohesion (chemistry) , situation awareness , nursing , knowledge management , applied psychology , social psychology , process management , medicine , business , psychotherapist , computer science , engineering , political science , chemistry , organic chemistry , law , aerospace engineering
Situational support entails promoting autonomy, control over practice, group cohesion, manager consideration, and substantive exchange. Support can reinforce nurses' coping mechanisms, preserve their integrity, and thereby promote quality patient care. Using concept clarification and case examples the authors identify support mechanisms and coping styles for nurses at work and discuss how situational support can be used to cope with stress.