The impact of an emergency department nursing intervention on continuity of care, self-care capacities and psychological symptoms: Secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 666-676

  Cossette, Sylvie ^a   Frasure Smith, Nancy ^b   Vadeboncoeur, Alain ^a   McCusker, Jane ^c   Guertin, Marie Claude ^d  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Emergencies; Health services utilization; Heart diseases; Nursing care; Quality of health care; Randomized

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENTS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84923084313     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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