A concept analysis of the phenomenon interruption

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Brixey, Juliana J ^a,b   Robinson, David J ^a,c   Johnson, Craig W ^a   Johnson, Todd R ^a   Turley, James P ^a   Zhang, Jiajie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept analysis; Healthcare; Interruption; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847163649     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200701000-00012     Document Type: Article

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