Critical care nurses' opinion and self-reported practice of oxygen therapy: A survey

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Eastwood, Glenn M ^a   Reade, Michael C ^a   Peck, Leah ^a   Baldwin, Ian ^a   Considine, Julie ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Nurses; On line survey; Oxygen administration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; OXYGEN THERAPY;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 84857116461     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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