Nurses' perceptions of attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation on oldest old patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1739-1748

  Sævareid, Trygve Johannes ^a   Balandin, Susan ^a  

^a MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

'do not attempt resuscitation'; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Constructivist grounded theory; End of life decision making; Nursing care; Slow codes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION; RIGHT TO DIE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RIGHT TO DIE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958295758     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05622.x     Document Type: Article

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