The effectiveness of an evidence-based nursing care program to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in a Korean ICU

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Ban, Keum Ok ^a  

^a Shinsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Awareness; Performance; VAP rate; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING; SOUTH KOREA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 79959895311     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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