Emergency department equipment for obese patients: Perceptions of adequacy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-145

  Singh, Navneet ^a   Arthur, Heather M ^a,b   Worster, Andrew ^a,c   Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Hamilton Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Emergency department; Empirical research report; Hospital equipment; Nurses; Obese patients; Quality of care; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBESITY;

EID: 34250733948     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04266.x     Document Type: Article

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