Critical incidents among intensive care unit nurses and their need for support: Explorative interviews

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 166-174

  de Boer, Jacoba ^a   van Rikxoort, Simone ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^c   Smit, Bert J ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical incidents; Health care providers; Nurses; Post traumatic stress; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902687173     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12020     Document Type: Article

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