Strategies for teaching decision making: Discrepancies in cuff versus invasive blood pressures

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 268-285

  Larrivee, Carolyn ^a   Joseph, Dayle Hunt ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure interpretation; Blood pressure monitoring; Cuff pressure; Decision making; Hemodynamic monitoring; Invasive blood pressure monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; STANDARD; TEACHING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; HUMAN; NURSING PROCESS; TEACHING;

EID: 84930057246     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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