Developing a Nurse-Directed Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Team in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-229

  Sharpe, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravenous; Neonate; Peripheral; PICC

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751530455     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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