Registered nurses' adherence to clinical guidelines regarding peripheral venous catheters: A structured observational study

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 148-159

  Johansson, Maria Eiman ^a   Pilhammar, Ewa ^a,b   Khalaf, Azzam ^a   Willman, Ania ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making; Guideline adherence; Peripheral catheterization; Practice guidelines; Structured observations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTERED NURSE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SWEDEN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 51749100228     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2008.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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