Can Australian Nurses Safely Assess for Thrombolysis on EKG Criteria?

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-109

  Kremser, Anne K ^a   Lyneham, Joy ^a  

^a Clayton and Frankston   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 33947255748     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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