Extended Hospitalization, Patient Demoralization, and Nurse Communication: Influences on Patient Emotional Well-Being.
| Autor: | Davis, Donna K. |
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HOSPITAL care
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation AFFECT (Psychology) ANXIETY COMMUNICATION DESPAIR INTERVIEWING RESEARCH methodology NURSE-patient relationships SADNESS STATISTICAL sampling SELF-perception QUALITATIVE research QUANTITATIVE research SOCIAL support WELL-being THEMATIC analysis CONTINUING education units PATIENTS' attitudes DESCRIPTIVE statistics PSYCHOLOGY |
| Zdroj: | MEDSURG Nursing; Jan/Feb2019, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p23-30, 8p, 2 Charts, 1 Graph |
| Abstrakt: | The article examines patient perceptions of nurse communications and actions that result in negative feelings among patients at increased risk for demoralization. Topics discussed include association between demoralization and adverse health outcomes, four instruments developed to identify demoralization in medical patients, and study on demoralization as a concept of distress in severely ill patients with mixed-diagnosis cancer. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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