Removing chest drains – a critical reflection of a complex clinical decision

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 212-221

  Riley, Marie E ^a  

^a Emergency Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest drains; Decision making; Hypothetico deductive reasoning; Intuition; Nursing judgements; Reflection

Indexed keywords

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; TUBE;

AGED; ANECDOTES; CHEST TUBES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0642272510     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1362-1017.2003.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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