Registered nurses, in acute hospital settings, have a positive impact on patient outcome - Its official!

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 243-244

  Ball, Carol ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECUBITUS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LIVER RESECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 4644222257     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2004.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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