Sedation assessment using the Ramsay scale

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 18-20

  Dawson, Rachel ^a   Fintel, Nichola Von ^a   Nairn, Stuart ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critically and acutely ill adults; Ramsay sedation scale; Sedation scoring tools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY NURSING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955706939     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2010.06.18.3.18.c7825     Document Type: Article

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