Intermittent auscultation of the fetal heartbeat: Can nurses change the culture of technology?

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-82

  Tillett, Jackie ^a,b  

^a AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUSCULTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 34249037153     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JPN.0000270619.34089.ea     Document Type: Article

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