Being transferred from an intensive care unit to a ward: Searching for the known in the unknown

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Forsberg, Angelica ^a   Lindgren, Elenor ^b   Engström, Åsa ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experience; Intensive care; Qualitative thematic content analysis; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953012125     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01915.x     Document Type: Article

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