Critical care nurses' perceptions about their involvement in significant decisions regarding patient care

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Berner, Kim Hong ^a   Ives, Glenice ^b   Astin, Felicity ^b  

^a DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 16544362219     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(04)80014-6     Document Type: Article

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