Collaborative development of an insulin nomogram for intensive insulin therapy

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-105

  Fraser, Danielle D ^a   Robley, Lois R ^b   Ballard, Nancy M ^a   Peno Green, Laura A ^c  

^a Ethics Department   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marietta Pulmonary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulin nomogram; Insulin titration; Intensive insulin therapy; Intravenous insulin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN TREATMENT; LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOMOGRAM; NURSING CARE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COOPERATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG MONITORING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MATHEMATICS; NOMOGRAMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33645075760     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200601000-00011     Document Type: Article

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