A qualitative assessment of practices associated with shorter door-to-needle time for thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 329-336

  Olson, DaiWai M ^a   Constable, Mark ^a   Britz, Gavin W ^b   Lin, Cheryl B ^c   Zimmer, Louise O ^c   Schwamm, Lee H ^c   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; STROKE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84863019336     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e318234e7fb     Document Type: Article

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