Patient responses to being transferred during hospitalization.
When eight clinical nurse specialists and a nurse research consultant studied within-hospital transfers of patients, they found that most patients knew the reason for transfer and were neutral in reaction about it. There were no differences for sex, previous hospitalizations, frequency of transfer, age, or clinical nursing unit from which they were transferred.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006757:Hospital Units; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011383:Progressive Patient Care; D012737:Sex Factors