Use of telephone follow-up for post-cardiac surgery patients

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 144-150

  Johnson, Kate ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0034211490     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/iccn.2000.1478     Document Type: Article

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