Building relationships with families in the NICU: Exploring the guarded alliance

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 74-83

  McGrath, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family centered care; Guarded alliance; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EVENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035751730     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-200112000-00007     Document Type: Article

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