Nurses' perceptions of communication training in the ICU

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-25

  Radtke, Jill V ^a   Tate, Judith A ^a   Happ, Mary Beth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Augmentative and alternative communication; Communication training; Critical care; Intensive care; Nurses health knowledge; Patient communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84855985802     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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