Bedside assessment of enteral tube placement: Aligning practice with evidence

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Simons, Shellie Robin ^a   Abdallah, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PRACTICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84856610363     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000411178.07179.68     Document Type: Review

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