"About a cupful" - A prospective study into accuracy of volume estimation by medical and nursing staff

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-105

  McConnell, Jamie S ^a   Fox, Thomas J ^a   Josson, Jyoti P ^a   Subramanian, Ashok ^a  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary communication; Medical staff, hospital; Nursing staff, hospital; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY FLUIDS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 34247632166     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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