Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 194-205 , August 2006

The influence of patient complexity and nurses’ experience on haemodynamic decision-making following cardiac surgery

  • Judy Currey

      Affiliations

    • Alfred/Deakin Nursing Research Centre, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Vic. 3125, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9244 6122; fax: +61 3 9244 6159.
    • ,
  • Mari Botti

      Affiliations

    • Epworth/Deakin Clinical Nursing Research Centre, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Vic. 3125, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 9244 6123; fax: +61 3 9244 6159.

,Accepted 13 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.06.005

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
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