A qualitative exploration of nurse's perception of Critical Outreach Service: A before and after study

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Athifa, Mariyam ^a   Finn, Judith ^b   Brearley, Linda ^c   Williams, Teresa A ^c,d   Hay, Ben ^a   Laurie, Karen ^a   Leen, Tim ^c   O'Brien, Keith ^c   Stuart, Michael ^e   Watt, Michelle ^e   Leslie, Gavin ^c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Outreach; Qualitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79651469756     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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