Professional and cultural conflicts for intensive care nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 858-867

  Høye, Sevald ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Critical care; Cultural conflicts; Focus groups; Nurses; Professional conflicts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 77951550470     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05247.x     Document Type: Article

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