A qualitative meta-synthesis of patients' experiences of intra- and inter-hospital transitions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1678-1690

  Uhrenfeldt, Lisbeth ^a   Aagaard, Hanne ^a   Hall, Elisabeth O C ^a   Fegran, Liv ^b,c   Ludvigsen, Mette Spliid ^d   Meyer, Gabriele ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Meleis transition theory; Metasynthesis; Nurse patient interaction; Patient perspectives; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MELEIS TRANSITION THEORY; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; METASYNTHESIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE-PATIENT INTERACTION; PATIENT PERSPECTIVES; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF CARE; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; MELEIS TRANSITION THEORY; METASYNTHESIS; NURSE-PATIENT INTERACTION; PATIENT PERSPECTIVES; QUALITY OF CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880297022     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12134     Document Type: Review

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