Nurses as intermediaries: How critical care nurses perceive their role in family meetings

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-38

  Ahluwalia, Sangeeta C ^a,b   Schreibeis Baum, Hannah ^c   Prendergast, Thomas J ^d,e   Reinke, Lynn F ^f,g   Lorenz, Karl A ^f,h  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84953791072     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2016653     Document Type: Article

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