Patient experience of source isolation: Lessons for clinical practice

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-193

  Barratt, Ruth Linda ^a   Shaban, Ramon ^b   Moyle, Wendy ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experience; Infection; Isolation; Literature review; MRSA; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052086047     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.180     Document Type: Article

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