Admission and discharge practices: High dependency unit audit outcome

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Tulloch, Alan ^a   How, Chris ^b   Brent, Marjorie ^b   Chapman, Rose ^a   Burns, Brendon ^c   Pomery, Su Mei ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cassia Ward   (Australia)

^c Joondalup Health Campus   (Australia)

^d Joondalup Health Campus   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Documentation; High dependency unit; Nurse; Nurse specials unit; Transfer summary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL AND HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34248580714     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.24.1.15     Document Type: Article

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