More than nothing: The lived experience of tracheostomy while acutely ill

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-43

  Foster, Andrew ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Critical care; Lived experience; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 73849137861     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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