Parents' Experience of the Transition with their Child from a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to the Hospital Ward: Searching for Comfort Across Transitions

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 586-595

  Berube, Kristyn M ^a   Fothergill Bourbonnais, Frances ^b   Thomas, Margot ^c   Moreau, Denise ^b  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comfort; Family; Family centered care; Parents; Pediatric intensive care unit; Phenomenology; Transition experience; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84922010845     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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