ICU nurses' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, the APACHE II scoring system

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-296

  Chen, Shiu Lien ^a   Wei, Ien Lan ^b   Sang, Yiing Yiing ^a   Tang, Fu In ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Attitude; Knowledge; Nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 1842781884     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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