Telling tales: A qualitative exploration of how children's nurses interpret work with unaccompanied hospitalized children

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Livesley, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alone; Children; Children's nurses; Hospital; Professional boundaries; Unaccompanied

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 13544269478     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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