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Intervention, intervene, interfere ... what are we doing?

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TOPIC: A concept analysis of the meaning and attributes of the term intervention. PURPOSE: To define the essence of the term intervention and the role of nurses in nurse-facilitated interventions. SOURCES: Literature review of journals, texts, and popular periodicals from 1983 to the present via CINAHL and Medline. CONCLUSIONS: A more accurate specification of the meaning and relevant attributes of the term intervention as it relates to nursing may lead to more effective clinical applications, as well as a more realistic definition of the term intervention and how it applies to the role.

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Kathleen Frame. Intervention, intervene, interfere ... what are we doing?. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0029-6473.2004.00023.x

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