Broken bones: Common pediatric lower extremity fractures - Part III

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 390-409

  Hart, Erin S ^a   Luther, Brenda ^b   Grottkau, Brian E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CHILD; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LEG INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PELVIC GIRDLE; PLASTER CAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG INJURIES; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PELVIC BONES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33751565451     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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