Registered nurse management of urinary catheters in a rehabilitation and long-term care hospital

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 237-246

  Fleming, A Andrew ^a   Day, Jenny ^b   Glanfield, Linda ^a  

^a ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Evidence based practice; Knowledge; Urinary catheters.

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548275161     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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