The factors which influence nurses when weaning patients from mechanical ventilation: Findings from a qualitative study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 244-252

  Lavelle, Claire ^a   Dowling, Maura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Protocol; Vignette; Weaning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRELAND; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 80052726556     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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