Visiting hours policies in New England intensive care units: Strategies for improvement

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 497-501

  Lee, Melissa D ^a   Friedenberg, Allison S ^a   Mukpo, David H ^a   Conray, Kayla ^a   Palmisciano, Amy ^a   Levy, Mitchell M ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Nursing; Organization; Visiting hours; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 33846446065     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000254338.87182.AC     Document Type: Article

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