Certification of staff nurses to insert enteral feeding tubes using a research-based procedure

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-27

  Welch, Susan K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; EDUCATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030075895     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011542659601100121     Document Type: Article

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