title: A middle range theory of family vigilance.
abstract: Three qualitative studies were conducted to explore the meanings, patterns, and day-to-day experience of family members staying with hospitalized relatives. The data were used to develop a theory of vigilance inductively with implications for further research, and provide a theoretical framework for nursing interventions.
authors.forename: Jeanine M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011582:Psychological Theory; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D014481:United States; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000523:psychology*