Patients’ Understanding of Pre-operative Fasting
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Pre-operative fasting for elective surgical patients.
AIM To explore the knowledge, past experience, perceptions and opinions of nurses working in surgical units at a local hospital with regard to pre-operative fasting times. METHOD A qualitative research design, using a grounded theory approach, was adopted. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a sample of 15 staff nurses employed within five surgical units in one hospital. FINDING...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0310-057X,1448-0271
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400317