The Impact of Nurses' Adherence to Sedation Vacations on Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention
Patients who require mechanical ventilation (MV) are at risk for developing ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). Nurses’ adherence to sedation vacations (SVs) has a direct impact on the development of VAP, because SVs have been shown to reduce patients’ average duration of MV and length of stay (L...
Main Author: | Smith, Soraya N. |
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Format: | Others |
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Digital Archive @ GSU
2012
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Online Access: | http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/nursing_diss/33 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=nursing_diss |
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