Vascular nursing in Greece: Luxury or necessity?

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-183

  Georgakarakos, Efstratios ^a   Bitza, Christina ^b   Papanas, Nikolaos ^a   Matsagkas, Miltiadis ^c   Lazarides, Miltos K ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; nurse education; patient care; vascular assessment; vascular disease; vascular nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX; NURSE EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; VASCULAR ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR NURSING;

CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GREECE; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84887578419     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734613502051     Document Type: Article

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