The use of patient diaries in an intensive care unit

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-34

  Combe, Denise ^a  

^a WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up clinic; Intensive care; Patient diaries; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNICATION; CONVALESCENCE; FAMILY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 16244413208     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2005.00093.x     Document Type: Review

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