‘Handing Over’: Transmission of information between nurses in an intensive therapy unit

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-93

  Philpin, Susan ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Ethnography; Handover; ITU; Rituals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY POSTURE; COLOR; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 33645956529     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2006.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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