A profile of European ICU nursing

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 939-945

  Depasse, B ^a   Pauwels, D ^b   Somers, Y ^c   Vincent, J L ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Nurse autonomy; Nurse staffing; Nurse training; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GERMANY; HEART MASSAGE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL WARD; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EUROPE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031720312     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050693     Document Type: Article

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