Obstetric Triage: Selected Clinical Management Strategies by Nurse-Midwives in an Academic Tertiary Facility

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-28

  Angelini, Diane J ^a,b   Menihan, Cydney Afriat ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Midwifery; Obstetric emergency care; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION TREE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0030160121     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-199606000-00004     Document Type: Article

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