Activities of home-based heart failure nurse specialists: A modified narrative analysis

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 426-433

  Davidson, Patricia ^a   Paull, Glenn ^b   Rees, David ^b   Daly, John ^a   Cockburn, Jill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TERMINAL CARE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EPISODE OF CARE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSING RECORDS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 24944497163     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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