Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 197-204 , June 2008

Nursing Activities Score in the intensive care unit: Analysis of the related factors

  • Katia Grillo Padilha

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 419, CEP 05403-000, São Paulo SP, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Regina Márcia Cardoso de Sousa

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 419, CEP 05403-000, São Paulo SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Alda Ferreira Queijo

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 419, CEP 05403-000, São Paulo SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ana Márcia Mendes

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 419, CEP 05403-000, São Paulo SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Dinis Reis Miranda

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Hanzenplein 1 Postbus 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands

,Accepted 17 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.09.004

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 197-204 , June 2008

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