Nurses' role in the early defibrillation of cardiac patients: Implications for nursing in Hong Kong

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-94

  Lee, Iris Sui Fong ^a   Le Low, Lisa Pau ^b  

^a Ruttonjee and Tang Siu Kin Hospitals   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiac patients; Hong Kong; Nurse led defibrillation; Nursing practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049444999     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.35.1.088     Document Type: Article

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