Tracheal suctioning: An exploration of nurses' knowledge and competence in acute and high dependency ward areas

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-45

  Day, Tina ^a,b   Farnell, Sarah ^c   Haynes, Sheila ^b   Wainwright, Steven ^b   Wilson Barnett, Jenifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute and high dependency; Evidence based practice; Intensive care; Knowledge; Practice; Tracheal suctioning; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; SUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036636377     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02240.x     Document Type: Article

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