Development and validation of a Vein Assessment Tool (VAT)

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 5-7

  Webster, Joan ^a,b   Morris, Helen Louise ^a   Robinson, Katharine ^a   Sanderson, Ursula ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catheterisation; Inter rater reliability; Peripheral; Vein cannulation; Vein quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TOURNIQUET; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; VEINS;

EID: 34548396845     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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