The Last Frontier: Rural Emergency Nurses' Perceptions of End-of-Life Care Obstacles

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Beckstrand, Renea L ^a   Giles, Virginia C ^b   Luthy, Karlen E ^a   Callister, Lynn C ^a   Heaston, Sondra ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Neurology Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Emergency nurse; End of life; Obstacles; Rural; Rural nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEVADA; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OHIO; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; UTAH; WYOMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865534480     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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