Nurses' involvement in 'do not resuscitate' decisions on acute elder care wards

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 404-409

  De Gendt, Cindy ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a,b   Vander Stichele, Robert ^c   Van Den Noortgate, Nele ^d   Lambert, Margareta ^e   Deliens, Luc ^a,f  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'Do not resuscitate'; Acute care; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Elder care; Nurses; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846829548     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04090.x     Document Type: Article

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