A national survey of Australian Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Liaison Nurse (LN) services

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 253-262

  Eliott, Suzanne ^a,b   Chaboyer, Wendy ^b   Ernest, David ^c,d   Doric, Andrea ^a   Endacott, Ruth ^c,e  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Southern Health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICU outreach; Intensive care; Liaison Nurse; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871922600     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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