Emerging Nurse-Sensitive Outcomes and Evidence-Based Practice in Postoperative Cardiac Patients

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-384

  Idemoto, Bette K ^a,b   Kresevic, Denise M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CROSS INFECTION; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CROSS INFECTION; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 36048958664     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.07.005     Document Type: Review

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