title: Ten attitudes and behaviors necessary to overcome powerlessness.
abstract: Many nurses feel powerless, and the nursing profession as a whole has not been able to influence the health care industry as it could have. Nursing must overcome its long history of powerlessness and the present health care situaton demands that we do. This article describes changes in attitudes and behaviors that are necessary in order for individual nurses and the profession to become powerful.
authors.affiliation: California State University-Chico, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Huston
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marquis
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009726:Nurses; D011209:Power, Psychological