ICU nurses' preparation of families for death of patients following withdrawal of ventilator support

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Kirchhoff, Karin T ^a,b   Conradt, Kay Lynn ^a   Anumandla, Prashanth Reddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOREGULATION; BREATHING PATTERN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEATH; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; SENSATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPTOM; THEORY; TIME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0038379212     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(03)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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