Nurses' perception of single-occupancy versus multioccupancy rooms in acute care environments: An exploratory comparative assessment

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 118-125

  Chaudhury, Habib ^a   Mahmood, Atiya ^b   Valente, Maria ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FURNITURE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS' ROOMS; PERSONAL SPACE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIVACY;

EID: 33746292919     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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