Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 95-99 , May 2008

Back to basics—Essential nursing care in the ED, Part 2

  • Kate Curtis, RN, BN, Grad Dip Crit Care, MS Nurs (Research), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wollongong Hospital, NSW, Australia
    • St. George Hospital, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Trauma Service, St. George Hospital, Gray St. Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia. Tel.: +61 291132686; fax: +61 291133974.
    • ,
  • Taneal Wiseman, RN, BN, Grad Dip Crit Care

      Affiliations

    • St. George Hospital, NSW, Australia

Received 28 October 2007 ,Accepted 22 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.11.005

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 95-99 , May 2008

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