A qualitative evaluation of a family nursing intervention

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Duhamel, Fabie ^a   Dupuis, France ^a   Reidy, Mary ^a,b   Nadon, Nathalie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family nursing; Heart failure; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 33846041534     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002800-200701000-00009     Document Type: Article

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