Innovative solutions: A plurality of vision - Integrating the chaplain into the critical care unit

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 91-95

  Hughes, Brian ^a   Whitmer, Mary ^a   Hurst, Susan ^a  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaplain; Chaplaincy program; Innovative solutions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CLERGY; COOPERATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ARIZONA; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLERGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34247368102     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DCC.0000267801.62949.6d     Document Type: Review

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