PURE Communication: A Strategy to Improve Care Coordination for High-Risk Birth

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-114

  Gephart, Sheila M ^a   Cholette, Meghan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Rouge Valley Health System   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care coordination; High risk birth; Perinatal neonatal collaboration; PURE communication; SBAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861351274     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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