A transition from nurse to touch therapist-A study of preparation before giving tactile touch in an intensive care unit

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-245

  Henricson, Maria ^a   Berglund, Anna Lena ^b   Määttä, Sylvia ^a   Segesten, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Nursing; Preparation; Tactile touch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 33746279989     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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