This study compared family members' and nurses' perceptions of families' needs when a relative was hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICUl. Family members W = 321 and nurses W = 231 completed equivalent 44-item questionnaires. Both family members and nurses agreed that the greatest needs of fam
Exploring performance obstacles of intensive care nurses
β Scribed by Ayse P. Gurses; Pascale Carayon
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-6870
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