An audit of ward nurses’ knowledge of sepsis

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-92

  Robson, Wayne ^a   Beavis, Sarah ^a   Spittle, Nick ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Knowledge; Sepsis; Surviving sepsis; Ward nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPSIS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NURSES; NURSING AUDIT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPSIS;

EID: 38449112268     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2007.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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