Documenting and communicating patient care: Are nursing care plans redundant?

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 276-280

  O'Connell Dr , Bev ^a,b   Myers, Helen ^b   Twigg, Di ^b   Entriken, Fiona ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care plans; Clinical protocols; Communicating care; Nursing documentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001215283     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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