Impact of nurses clothing on anxiety of hospitalised children

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1953-1959

  Roohafza, Hamidreza ^a   Pirnia, Afsaneh ^b   Sadeghi, Masoumeh ^c   Toghianifar, Nafiseh ^c   Talaei, Mohammad ^c   Ashrafi, Mahmood ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Clothing; Nurses; Nursing; Uniforms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOTHING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLOTHING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; IRAN; NURSES;

EID: 66749148418     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02745.x     Document Type: Article

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