Nurses' perceptions of open visiting hours in neuroscience intensive care unit

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-189

  Livesay, Sarah ^a   Gilliam, Alicia ^a   Mokracek, Marilyn ^a   Sebastian, Sherly ^a   Hickey, Joanne V ^b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Limited visiting hours; Open visiting hours; Visitation

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 17144388537     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200504000-00015     Document Type: Review

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