The role of technology in critical care nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-61

  Crocker, Cheryl ^a   Timmons, Stephen ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical care; empirical research report; ethnography; nursing technology; technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 57649195970     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04838.x     Document Type: Article

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