Nurses' knowledge and application of evidence-based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-134

  Biancofiore, G ^a   Barsotti, E ^a   Catalani, V ^a   Landi, A ^a   Bindi, L ^a   Urbani, L ^a   Desimone, P ^a   Stefanini, A ^a   Sansevero, A ^a   Filipponi, F ^a  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Infections, prevention and control; Intensive care unit; Pneumonia; Ventilators, mechanical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING COMPETENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSES; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249005536     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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