Developing minimum clinical standards for physiotherapy in South African intensive care units: The nominal group technique in action

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 118-127

  Hanekom, Susan ^a   Van Aswegen, Helena ^b   Plani, Natascha ^c   Patman, Shane ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Laidler and Assoc Physiotherapists   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

intensive care; nominal group technique; physical therapy; physiotherapy service; standards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAINSTORMING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SKILL; SOUTH AFRICAN; STANDARDIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84923649066     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12257     Document Type: Article

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