Nursing leadership to ensure patient and health worker protection from influenza

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1756-1758

  Bennett, Jo Anne ^a   Block, Derryl ^b  

^a Public Health Nurse   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING INTERVENTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMERICAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSING; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857437078     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.078     Document Type: Editorial

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