Improving care for orthopaedic patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture and total knee replacement through best practice

Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Bisaillon, Susan ^a   Faraone, Jennifer ^a   Elliott, Kathy ^a   Cuthbert, Jane ^a   Doucette, Cindy ^a   Shaw, Joan ^a  

^a Trillium Health Centre Missassauga   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Practice improvement; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NURSING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 8744233992     PISSN: 13613111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joon.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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