Nurses' roles with families: Perceptions of ICU nurses

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-50

  El Masri, Maher M ^a   Fox Wasylyshyn, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family; Intensive care; Nursing roles; Role perceptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33845987091     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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