Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 133-142 , March 1998

Decision making of nurses practicing in intensive care in Canada, Finland, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, and the United States

  • Sirkka Lauri, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sirkka Lauri, RN, PhD, University of Turku, Department of Nursing, Turku 20014 Finland
    • Department of Nursing, University of Turku Turku, Finland
    • Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, USA
    • University of Ulster Ulster, Northern Ireland
    • University Hospital of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
    • University of Manitoba Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Sanna Salanterä, RN, MNSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University of Turku Turku, Finland
    • Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, USA
    • University of Ulster Ulster, Northern Ireland
    • University Hospital of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
    • University of Manitoba Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Lynn Clark Callister, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University of Turku Turku, Finland
    • Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, USA
    • University of Ulster Ulster, Northern Ireland
    • University Hospital of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
    • University of Manitoba Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Sheila Harrisson, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University of Turku Turku, Finland
    • Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, USA
    • University of Ulster Ulster, Northern Ireland
    • University Hospital of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
    • University of Manitoba Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Sylvia Kdppeli, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University of Turku Turku, Finland
    • Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, USA
    • University of Ulster Ulster, Northern Ireland
    • University Hospital of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
    • University of Manitoba Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Martha MacLeod, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University of Turku Turku, Finland
    • Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, USA
    • University of Ulster Ulster, Northern Ireland
    • University Hospital of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
    • University of Manitoba Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

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Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
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