Bedside nurses' perceptions of intensive care unit telemedicine

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Mullen Fortino, Margaret ^a   Dimartino, Joseph ^a   Entrikin, Lorraine ^b   Mulliner, Sophia ^b   Hanson, C William ^b   Kahn, Jeremy M ^b,c  

^a Penn e lert eICU ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84858021471     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2012801     Document Type: Article

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