Patients and nurses' perceptions of ward environmental factors and support systems in the care of suicidal patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Sun, Fan Ko ^a,d   Long, Ann ^b   Boore, Jennifer ^b   Tsao, Lee Ing ^c  

^a TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Psychiatric nurses; Psychiatric ward environment; Suicidal patients; Suicide; Suicide nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33645065619     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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