Special premie oxygen targeting (SPOT): A program to decrease the incidence of blindness in infants with retinopathy of prematurity

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-235

  Coe, Kristi ^a   Butler, Mandy ^a   Reavis, Nicole ^a   Klinepeter, Mary Ellen ^a   Purkey, Connie ^a   Oliver, Tonya ^a   Starbuck, Alisa ^a   Griffin, Jennifer ^a   Wilmoth, Cathy ^a   Block, Steven ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Prematurity; Quality improvement; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DECISION TREE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEONATAL NURSING; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 33747191471     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200607000-00007     Document Type: Review

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