Power (Psychology)

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Taking charge by "letting go".

An administrator who is able to delegate to subordinates without feeling the need to "micromanage" gains power by "letting go." Power is the ability to influence others by persuasion in coercion. The administrator who is able to "let go" can enjoy the ...
Ruth Davidhizar, Ruth Shearer (Health Care Manag (Frederick), 200203)
taking-charge-letting-go.asp

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A critical review of the arguments debating the role of the nurse advocate.

AIMS OF THE PAPER: This paper critically reviews the arguments for and against undertaking the role of nurse advocate. BACKGROUND: Advocacy has become a popular concept in nursing literature over the past two decades. By addressing issues of power and ...
Jeanette Hewitt (J Adv Nurs, 200203)
critical-review-arguments-debating-role-nurse-advocate.asp

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Domestic violence: how to ask and how to listen.

Significant numbers of women experience physical, sexual, and psychological abuse by their partners or family members and come to the emergency department for care. The nurse has a unique opportunity to make a difference in these womens lives by simply ...
Alice Kramer (Nurs Clin North Am, 200203)
domestic-violence-ask-listen.asp

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Different for girls? Feminism, health information and librarianship.

This paper focuses on the provision and organization of health information materials in womens health centres in UK and Ireland in the late 20th century Such centres sprung from the work of feminist activists and health workers from the late 1960s ...
Rosie Ilett (Health Info Libr J, 200203)
different-girls-feminism-health-information-librarianship.asp

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Parental management of adolescent peer relationships in context: the role of parenting style.

Three hundred 9th-graders and their best friends participated in this short-term longitudinal study. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Parental Management of Peers Inventory (N. Mounts, 2000) suggested that the 4-factor structure provided a good fit to ...
Nina S Mounts (J Fam Psychol, 200203)
parental-management-adolescent-peer-relationships-context-role.asp

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Impact of services, met needs, and service empowerment on consumer outcomes.

The current study examined service characteristics, needs, and outcomes of consumers with severe mental disabilities served in a public mental health setting. The study utilized a longitudinal design with three yearly waves of measurement. Data were ...
Dee Roth, Dushka Crane-Ross (Ment Health Serv Res, 200203)
impact-services-met-needs-service-empowerment-consumer-outcomes.asp

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Colonizing the new world of NHS management: the shifting power of professionals.

This paper explores the changing patterns of professional power and the struggle for control between doctors and managers in the UK NHS, by examining the role of clinical directors. Located at the nexus of managerial and professional power, clinical ...
Marie L Thorne (Health Serv Manage Res, 200202)
colonizing-new-world-nhs-management-shifting-power-professionals.asp

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Empowerment evaluation: building communities of practice and a culture of learning.

Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. Program participants--including clients--conduct their own evaluations: an outside evaluator often serves as a coach or ...
David M Fetterman (Am J Community Psychol, 200202)
empowerment-evaluation-building-communities-practice-culture-learning.asp

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Enhancing school nurse visibility.

The school nurse is in a powerful position in the school district, but only by expanding visibility efforts can it be a viable one. School nurses are viewed as "health experts" in their school districts. They need to continually fine-tune and expand ...
Charlotte M Brandt (J Sch Nurs, 200202)
enhancing-school-nurse-visibility.asp

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A model for predicting dating violence: anxious attachment, angry temperament, and need for relationship control.

Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test a model incorporating anxious attachment, angry temperament, and attempts to control ones partner as predictors of the severity and frequency of dating violence. To date, these concepts have not been ...
Diane R Follingstad, Rebekah G Bradley, Cynthia M Helff, James E Laughlin (Violence Vict, 200202)
model-predicting-dating-violence-anxious-attachment-angry-temperament.asp