Nurse-initiated defibrillation? Reality or rhetoric

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 270-277

  Dwyer, Trudy ^a   Williams, Leonie M ^b   Mummery, Kerry ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced Life Support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Nurse initiated; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; POLICY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 38449119789     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2007.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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