The accuracy of trained nurses in pre-operative health assessment: Results of the OPEN study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 971-978

  van Klei, Wilton A ^a   Hennis, P J ^a   Moen, J ^a   Kalkman, C J ^a   Moons, K G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia pre operative assessment; Manpower; anaesthetists, nurses

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NURSE TRAINING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4744347174     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03858.x     Document Type: Article

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