Surgical nurses' work-related stress when caring for severely ill and dying patients in cancer after participating in an educational intervention on existential issues

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 546-553

  Udo, Camilla ^a,b   Danielson, Ella ^a,c   Henoch, Ingela ^c   Melin Johansson, Christina ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Death; Educational intervention; Existential; Pilot study; Reflection; Stress; Surgical nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; EMOTION; EXISTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLECTION; SATISFACTION; STRESS; SURGICAL NURSES; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CANCER; DEATH; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; EXISTENTIAL; PILOT STUDY; REFLECTION; STRESS; SURGICAL NURSES;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84883825719     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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