Helping children say goodbye to loved ones in adult and pediatric intensive care units: Certified child life specialist-critical care nurse partnership

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-112

  Crider, Jan ^a   Pate, Mary Frances D ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT;

ADULT; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 79955603491     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCI.0b013e31820810b6     Document Type: Article

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