Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner: A Vital Role in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Okuhara, Carol A ^a   Faire, Pamela M ^a   Pike, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care pediatric nurse practitioner; Cardiothoracic surgery; Congenital heart disease; Nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS;

EID: 79952645225     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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