Decision making by auxiliary nurses to assess postpartum bleeding in a dominican republic maternity ward

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 728-734

  Foster, Jennifer ^a,b   Regueira, Yadira ^c   Heath, AnneMarie ^b  

^a Department of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Decision making; International health; Midwifery; Nurse education; Postpartum; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LOGIC; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MODEL; MORTALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LOGIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548428977     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/J.1552-6909.2006.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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