Caring for families in A&E departments: Scottish and Icelandic nurses' opinions and experiences

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-120

  Hallgrimsdottir, Elin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Critical acute care; Families' needs; Sudden bereavement; Witnessed resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1642351052     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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