Attitudes of Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses About the Importance of Families in Surgical Hospital Units: Findings From the Landspitali University Hospital Family Nursing Implementation Project

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 355-375

  Blöndal, Katrin ^a,b   Zoëga, Sigridur ^b   Hafsteinsdottir, Jorunn E ^b   Olafsdottir, Olof Asdis ^b   Thorvardardottir, Audur B ^b   Hafsteinsdottir, Sigrun A ^b   Sveinsdóttir, Herdis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

attitudes toward families; educational intervention; family nursing; nurses; surgical patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905097780     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840714542875     Document Type: Article

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