title: Assertiveness training for nurses in a general hospital.
abstract: This article describes the first stage of an assertiveness training program for staff and managerial nurses in a general hospital. Special problems were raied in the group and their origins discussed. The group focused on the role of the professional nurse and the relationships between doctors, nurses, and patients.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000786:Anger; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010361:Patients; D010551:Personality; D010820:Physicians; D011364:Professional Practice; D012381:Role Playing; D012649:Self Concept