Use and practice of patient diaries in swedish intensive care units: A national survey

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Åkerman, Eva ^a   Granberg Axéll, Anetth ^b   Ersson, Anders ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^c   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical care nursing; ICU follow up; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; WRITING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; SWEDEN; WRITING;

EID: 77950511600     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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