Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 133-139 , June 2009

Perceptions of registered and enrolled nurses on thirst in mechanically ventilated adult patients in intensive care units—A phenomenographic study

  • Marie Landström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery and Burn Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden
    • ,
  • Ing-Marie Rehn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden
    • ,
  • Gunilla Hollman Frisman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing Science Department of Medicine and Health, Faculty of Health Science, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 13 222115; fax: +46 13 149991.

,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.03.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 133-139 , June 2009

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