Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , February 2007

Identifying level one patients: A cross-sectional survey on an in-patient hospital population

  • Amanda Morrice

      Affiliations

    • General Intensive Care Unit, St George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 208 725 0249.
    • ,
  • Heidi J. Simpson

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health & Social Care Sciences, Kingston University & St George's Hospital Medical School, Second Floor Grosvenor Wing, Cranmer Terrace, St George's Hospital, London SW17 0RE, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 208 725 3752.

,Accepted 9 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.07.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , February 2007

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