How new graduate nurses experience patient death: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 320-330

  Zheng, Ruishuang ^a   Lee, Susan Fiona ^a   Bloomer, Melissa Jane ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Death; Dying; End of life; Experience; New graduate nurses; Novice nurses

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; DEATH; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NURSE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH; EMOTIONS; NURSES;

EID: 84955364597     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.09.013     Document Type: Review

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