Reliability of nurses' neurological assessments in the cardiothoracic surgical intensive care unit

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 298-305

  Beauchamp, Kimberly ^a   Baker, Susan ^a   McDaniel, Colleen ^a   Moser, William ^a   Zalman, Demetra C ^a   Balinghoff, James ^a   Cheung, Albert T ^a   Stecker, Mark ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DECISION TREE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

COGNITION; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035459553     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2001.10.5.298     Document Type: Article

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