Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
School
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine
Faculty
Faculty of Communications, Health and Science
First Supervisor
Dr Gavin Leslie
Second Supervisor
Dr David Roberts
Abstract
Communication among patients and nurses m the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has received extensive attention in the nursing research literature. These studies have identified numerous factors both enhancing and impeding effective nurse client communication. Despite the extensive research attention paid to nurse client communication in an ICU setting, no studies can be located that take a multidimensional approach to exploring the factors serving to enhance or impede such nurse "client communications. The literature review searched from 1980 when the landmark study by Ashworth ( 1980) reported on nurse-patient communication in the ICU. Many studies followed on nursing communication
Recommended Citation
Hashim, F. (2007). Multidimensional approach to nurse client communication in two Malaysian intensive care units. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1700