Patient experience with bedpans in acute care: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 15-16, 2013, Pages 2216-2224

  Gattinger, Heidrun ^a   Werner, Birgit ^b   Saxer, Susi ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute care; Bedpan; Cross sectional study; Dependency; Embarrassment; Nurses; Nursing; Patient experiences; Toileting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDPAN; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMBARRASSMENT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT EXPERIENCES; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SANITATION; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CARE; BEDPAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENCY; EMBARRASSMENT; NURSES; NURSING; PATIENT EXPERIENCES; TOILETING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWITZERLAND; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84880114225     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12203     Document Type: Article

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