Clinicians' responses to abnormal vital signs in an emergency department

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 66-72

  Cioffi, Jane ^a   Salter, Cate ^b   Wilkes, Lesley ^a   Vonu Boriceanu, Oana ^a   Scott, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33746006848     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(06)80011-1     Document Type: Article

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