Family presence during resuscitation: Canadian critical care nurses' perspectives

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-240

  McClement, Susan E ^a,c   Fallis, Wendy M ^a   Pereira, Asha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Family presence during resuscitation; Family witnessed resuscitation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 69549091812     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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