Managing anxiety in icu patients: The role of pre-operative information provision

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 72-79

  Scott, Anne ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping behaviour; Intensive care; Patient education; Pre operative care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342422264     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2004.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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