Distressing situations in the intensive care unit: A descriptive study of nurses' responses

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 199-206

  McClendon, Heather ^a,c   Buckner, Ellen B ^b  

^a Riverview Regional Medial Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Moral distress; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRITICAL CARE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548058321     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.DCC.0000286824.11861.74     Document Type: Article

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