Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
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The level of knowledge of respiratory physiology articulated by intensive care nurses to provide rationale for their clinical decision-making

,Accepted 15 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.11.004

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
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