Nurses' perceptions of standardised assessment and prevention of complications in an ICU

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 856-865

  Soh, Kim Lam ^a,b   Davidson, Patricia M ^c,d   Leslie, Gavin ^b   Digiacomo, Michelle ^d   Soh, Kim Geok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice improvement; Intensive care unit; Malaysia; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALAYSIA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALAYSIA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRESSURE ULCER; SEPSIS;

EID: 84873566158     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12017     Document Type: Article

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