Intensive care survivors' experiences of ward-based care: Meleis' theory of nursing transitions and role development among critical care outreach services

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 605-615

  Ramsay, Pam ^a   Huby, Guro ^a   Thompson, Andrew ^a   Walsh, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care outreach; Intensive care; Patient centred care; Qualitative descriptive; Research in practice; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING THEORY; SURVIVOR;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING THEORY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84894266361     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12452     Document Type: Article

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