Registered nurse-managed anticoagulation clinic: Improving patient outcomes

Nursing Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-132

  Francavilla, Carmen L ^a  

^a Lourdes Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43349096981     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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