Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 308-320 , September 2004

Patients’ reports of health care practitioner interventions that are related to communication during mechanical ventilation

  • Lance Patak, RN, BSN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, UCLA Medical Center, Department of Nursing, Rm. 14-176 CHS, 10833 LeConte, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
    • Nursing Research and Education, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Medical Center and School of Nursing; Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Ng Irene Fung, RN, MSN, ACNP-c, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Lynn Doering, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) School of NursingLos Angeles, California, USA
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  • Jill Berg, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) School of NursingLos Angeles, California, USA

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PII: S0147-9563(04)00046-9

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.02.002

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 308-320 , September 2004

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