Emergency Nurses' Perception of Department Design as an Obstacle to Providing End-of-Life Care

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Beckstrand, Renea L ^a   Rasmussen, Ryan J ^b   Luthy, Karlen E ^a   Heaston, Sondra ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lone Peak Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Emergency department; End of life; Nurses' perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865556288     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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