Working in an eICU Unit: Life in the Box

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-450

  Stafford, Trudi B ^a,b   Myers, Mary A ^c   Young, Anne ^a   Foster, Janet G ^a   Huber, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Passavant Hospital   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

eClinician; eICU; eNurse; ePhysician; Telemedicine; VISICU

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 55549087591     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2008.08.013     Document Type: Review

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