Critical care nurse practitioners improve compliance with clinical practice guidelines in "semiclosed" surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-344

  Gracias, Vicente H ^a   Sicoutris, Corinna P ^b   Stawicki, S Peter ^a   Meredith, Denise M ^b   Horan, Annamarie D ^a   Gupta, Rajan ^c   Haut, Elliott R ^d   Auerbach, Sue ^a   Sonnad, Seema ^a   Hanson III, C William ^a   Schwab, C William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care nurse practitioners; Clinical practice guidelines; Compliance; Critical care

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349127438     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000323286.56397.8c     Document Type: Article

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