Trepidation: A family member's response to shift change in the intensive care unit

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 288-292

  Bowman, Karen ^a  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care nurses; Family members; Shift changes; Trepidation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77958551123     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181f0c1b5     Document Type: Article

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