Nurses Empathy and Family Needs in the Intensive Care Units

Introduction: The patients’ families in intensive care units (ICUs) experience excessive stress which may disrupt their performance in daily life. Empathy is basic to the nursing role and has been found to be associated with improved patient outcomes and greater satisfaction with care in patient and...

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Main Authors: Sima Moghaddasian, Sima Lak Dizaji, Mokhtar Mahmoudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2013-08-01
Series:Journal of Caring Sciences
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Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCS/Manuscript/JCS-2-197.pdf