A discursive exploration of the practices that shape and discipline nurses' responses to postoperative delirium

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-335

  Kjorven, Mary ^a   Rush, Kathy ^b   Hole, Rachelle ^b  

^a Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delirium; Discourse; Legitimacy; Nursing work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING THEORY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455123697     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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