A literature review: Graduate nurses' preparedness for recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 3451-3465

  Purling, Amy ^a   King, Lindy ^b  

^a Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Deteriorating patient; Graduate nurses; Literature review; Novice nurses; Prearrest

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW;

EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES;

EID: 84869038150     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04348.x     Document Type: Review

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