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Needs of Families of Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients During the Intensive Care Stay

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dc.contributor.author Williams, Michael L.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T20:30:40Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T20:30:40Z
dc.date.issued 1989
dc.identifier.citation Williams, Michael L., "Needs of Families of Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients During the Intensive Care Stay" (1989).Masters Theses. 136. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/136 en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/601
dc.description 139 p. ; PDF (Masters Thesis) en_US
dc.description.abstract The purposes of this research were to identify needs of family of adult cardiac surgery patients during the intensive care stay, by whom these needs were met, and to identify demographic variables that were associated with identified family needs. Thirty-one families of adult cardiac surgery patients ranked 45 need statements using the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory. The need to have questions answered honestly was identified as the most important need by the families in this study. Nurses were identified as the person who met most of the needs of the families. Some significant differences in needs between spouses and children and between males and females were identified in this study. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Grand Valley States University en_US
dc.title Needs of Families of Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients During the Intensive Care Stay en_US
dc.title.alternative A THESIS Submitted to Grand Valley State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Kirkhof School of Nursing en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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