Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 226-233 , August 2010

Nurses’ views of shared leadership in ICU: A case study

  • Kristina Rosengren

      Affiliations

    • Head of Department, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Health Sciences, Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jönköping, Sweden. Tel.: +46 36 101230; fax: +46 36 101250.
    • ,
  • Terese Bondas

      Affiliations

    • School of Professional Studies, University College of BodØ, Norway
    • ,
  • Lena Nordholm

      Affiliations

    • University of Borås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Gun Nordström

      Affiliations

    • University of Hedmark, Norway
    • Department of Nursing, Karlstad University, Sweden

,Accepted 2 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2010.06.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 226-233 , August 2010

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