Nurses’ Knowledge about the Insertion Procedure for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Newborns Conocimiento de los enfermeros sobre la técnica de inserción del catéter central de inserción periférica en recién nacidos Conhecimento dos enfermeiros sobre a técnica de inserção do cateter central de inserção periférica em recém-nascidos

The right to practice the Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) technique, mainly in neonatal intensive care units, was achieved by nursing and consists of efforts that lead to a new challenge: the improvement of the practice of this procedure. This study determined and evaluated the theoret...

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Main Authors: Solange Antonia Lourenço, Conceição Vieira da Silva Ohara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-04-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692010000200008