Caring for Octogenarian Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients at Home: Family Perspectives

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages E8-E13

  Ganske, Kathryn M ^a  

^a SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Home recovery; Octogenarian CABG patient

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIRGINIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33745620213     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200603000-00016     Document Type: Article

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