Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 314-322 , December 2009

Factors that impact on sleep in intensive care patients

  • Agness. C. Tembo

      Affiliations

    • Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit, John Hunter Hospital, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 4951 1592.
    • ,
  • Vicki Parker

      Affiliations

    • John Hunter Hospital, HRMC, Lookout Road, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 4921 4506.

,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.07.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 314-322 , December 2009

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