Positioning Your Patient Properly

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 33-37

  Metzler, Debbie J ^a   Harr, Jill ^b  

^a Bellin Hosp's Intermediate Care U

^b Bellin Hospital's Critical Care Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BED REST; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; BED REST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING CARE; POSTURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0030096476     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-199603000-00018     Document Type: Article

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