Home next day: Early discharge of children following appendicectomy

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-220

  Pfeil, Michael ^a   Mathur, Azad ^b   Singh, Shalini ^b   Morris, Chris ^b   Green, Gill ^b   Kulkarni, Milind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Discharge; Postoperative care; Quality of care; Surgical nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFTERCARE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFTERCARE; APPENDECTOMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449098275     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493507079565     Document Type: Article

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