Day-to-day care in palliative sedation: Survey of nurses' experiences with decision-making and performance

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 613-621

  Arevalo, Jimmy J ^a,b,c   Rietjens, Judith A ^a   Swart, Siebe J ^a,c   Perez, Roberto S G M ^b   van der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care setting; Continuous palliative sedation; Decision making; Medication; Nurses' experiences; Performance

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875809956     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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