Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 124-133 , August 2007

Staff attitudes to family presence during resuscitation: Part A: An interventional study

  • Kerri Holzhauser, RN, B. Health Sc. (Nursing), Nurse Researcher, Adjunct Research Fellow

      Affiliations

    • Southern Area Health Service ED Clinical Network, Queensland Health, Qld, Australia
    • Emergency Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
    • Research Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Emergency Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Qld 4102, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 3240 7879; fax: +61 7 3240 7583.
    • ,
  • Julie Finucane, OAM, RN, RM, M EmergN, Nurse Unit Manager

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Received 25 January 2007 ,Revised 7 May 2007 ,Accepted 1 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.06.001

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 124-133 , August 2007

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