Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 114-122 , August 2008

Part B: A survey of staff attitudes immediately post-resuscitation to Family Presence during resuscitation

  • Kerri Holzhauser, RN, B. Health Sc. (Nursing)

      Affiliations

    • Southern Area Health Service ED Clinical Network, Queensland Health, Australia
    • Emergency Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Emergency Department, Floor 1, Building 1, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Qld 4102, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 3240 7879; fax: +61 7 3240 7583.
    • ,
  • Julie Finucane, OAM, RN, RM, M EmergN

      Affiliations

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

Received 30 May 2007 ,Revised 19 May 2008 ,Accepted 25 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2008.05.002

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 114-122 , August 2008

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