Nursing observations during the first 24 hours after a surgical procedure: What do we do?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 334-343

  Zeitz, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical; Observations; Patient surveillance; Postoperative nursing; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECORDING; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TIME; WARD;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TIME;

EID: 15044366031     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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