Educational outreach visits to improve nurses' useof mechanical venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalized medical patients

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 139-149

  Duff, Jed ^a,b   Walker, Kim ^a,b   Omari, Abdullah ^a,b   Middleton, Sandy ^a,b   McInnes, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION STOCKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NURSING AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84887533341     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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