Supporting families through discharge from PICU to the ward: The development and evaluation of a discharge information brochure for families

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 329-337

  Linton, Sophie ^a   Grant, Chelsea ^a   Pellegrini, Juliet ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discharge information; Nurse liaison; Transfer anxiety

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAMPHLETS; PARENTS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING MATERIALS; VICTORIA;

EID: 54549121401     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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