Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 115-121 , April 2006

The nursing practice of taking level 1 patient observations

  • Iain Wheatley

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +44 1276 604604. Present address: Critical Care Outreach Nurse Practitioner, Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey GU16 7UJ, UK.

,Accepted 25 August 2005.

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PII: S0964-3397(05)00105-9

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.08.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 115-121 , April 2006