Women and their partners' perceptions of the key roles of the labor and delivery nurse

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-335

  Brown, Judith Belle ^a   Beckhoff, Christy ^a   Bickford, Julia ^a   Stewart, Moira ^a   Freeman, Thomas R ^a   Kasperski, M Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Professional Development and Practice Support   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuity; Patient advocate; Role of labor and delivery nurse; Women and partners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 70350534310     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773809341711     Document Type: Article

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