Caught in an artificial split: A phenomenological study of being a caregiver in the technologically intense environment

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-136

  Almerud, S ^a   Alapack, R J ^b   Fridlund, B ^a   Ekebergh, M ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caring relationship; Critical illness; Intensive care; Nursing; Phenomenology; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 40749111368     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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