Critical care nurses' experiences of follow-up visits to an ICU

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 2925-2932

  Engström, Åsa ^a   Söderberg, Siv ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical care; Follow up; Nurses; Nursing; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CRITICAL CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSES;

EID: 77956807634     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03162.x     Document Type: Article

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