Critical care nurses' perceptions of DNR status

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-265

  Thibault Prevost, Jocelyne ^c   Jensen, Louise A ^a   Hodgins, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c Clinical Sciences Building ^*

Author keywords

Critical care; DNR; End of life decisions; Perceptions of DNR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANADA; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ALBERTA; AWARENESS; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0034458240     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2000.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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