Quality of practice in an intensive care unit (ICU): A mini-ethnographic case study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 120-127

  Storesund, Anette ^a   McMurray, Anne ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Ethnography; Intensive care; Quality; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67349243399     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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