Barriers to nurses providing psychosocial care in the Australian rural context

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-200

  Kenny, Amanda ^a   Allenby, Ann ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mt Alexander Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Interpretive descriptive; Nursing; Psychosocial care; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEAM NURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, TEAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 84878787125     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12014     Document Type: Article

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