Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 466-475 , November 2008

Critical care nurses provide their perspectives of patients' symptoms in intensive care units

  • Kathleen A. Puntillo, RN, DNSc, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Kathleen A. Puntillo, RN, DNSc, FAAN, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing, 2 Koret Way, Box 0610, San Francisco CA 94143-0610
    • ,
  • Deborah Smith, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, California
    • ,
  • Shoshana Arai, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Nancy Stotts, RN, EdD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, California

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PII: S0147-9563(08)00022-8

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.02.002

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 466-475 , November 2008

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