Intensive care unit nurse characteristics impacting judgments about secondary brain injury

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 182-188

  McNett, Molly ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurologic injury; Secondary brain injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 68349130669     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181a473d7     Document Type: Article

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