Critical Care Nurses' Perceptions of End-of-Life Care Obstacles: Comparative 17-Year Data

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 94-105

  Beckstrand, Renea L ^a   Lamoreaux, Nicole ^b   Luthy, Karlen E ^a   Macintosh, Janelle L B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah Valley Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; NICU; Nurses; Obstacles; Supportive behaviors

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; FRIEND; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL CARE NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013151868     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000234     Document Type: Article

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