Interacting with relatives in intensive care unit. Nurses’ perceptions of a challenging task

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 264-272

  Ågård, Anne Sophie ^a   Maindal, Helle Terkildsen ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competency development evaluation; Critical care nursing; Family witnessed resuscitation; Intensive care nurses; Psychological care of visitors; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 77956613563     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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