Nurses using volumetric bladder ultrasound in the pediatric ED

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 73-76

  Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Welsh, Barbara E ^a   Rogers, Cathy J ^a   Newbury, Kathleen ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; DEHYDRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 42149172490     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000315268.51274.62     Document Type: Article

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