Nursing Dysphagia Screening for Acute Stroke Patients in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-67

  Barnard, Susan L ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; DYSPHAGIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; STROKE;

EID: 78651355616     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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