Preoperative Nursing Assessment of the Surgical Patient

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-150

  Bray, Andrea ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING;

EID: 33646346596     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2006.01.006     Document Type: Review

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