The cardiovascular intensive care unit nurse's experience with end-of-life care: A qualitative descriptive study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 214-220

  Calvin, Amy O ^a,b   Lindy, Cheryl M ^b   Clingon, Stefanie L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Clear Lake Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Intensive care nursing; Moral distress; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFLICT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CORONARY CARE UNITS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 67649398755     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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