Difficult communication in nursing

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-147

  Sheldon, Lisa Kennedy ^a,d   Barrett, Roseann ^b   Ellington, Lee ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b REGIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Education; Emotions; Grounded theory; Nurse patient interaction; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMOTIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646752139     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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