A cross-sectional study on nurses' oral care practice for mechanically ventilated patients in Malaysia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 733-742

  Soh, Kim Lam ^a   Soh, Kim Geok ^a   Japar, Salimah ^a   Raman, Rosna A ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Nurses; Nursing; Oral care; Ventilated patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; NURSING; ORAL HYGIENE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 79951531183     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03579.x     Document Type: Article

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