Development of a scale for "difficulties felt by ICU nurses providing end-of-life care" (DFINE): A survey study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 202-210

  Kinoshita, Satomi ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficulties felt by ICU nurses; End of life care; Intensive care unit; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JAPAN; MALE; NURSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79959864588     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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