Dignity in professional nursing: guaranteeing a better patient care
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Abstract
Nursing professional dignity is a complex topic. This article describes intrinsic and professional nursing dignity and gives some historical background on nursing in Italy as the setting for a qualitative study of dignity conducted in the same country. The study results show the importance of recognition of nursing professional dignity as it relates to professional satisfaction and patient care.
Keywords
Nursing Professional dignity Professional satisfaction Nursing ethics
