Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 341-347 , December 2009

Safety as a criterion for quality: The Critical Nursing Situation Index in paediatric critical care, an observational study

,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.08.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 341-347 , December 2009

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