Differences in European critical care nursing practice: A pilot study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 172-178

  Benbenishty, Julie ^a   DeKeyser Ganz, Freda ^a   Adam, Sheila ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Cultural differences; Evidence based practice; Nursing practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPOSIUM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BED REST; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 18844395132     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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