Assessment of nurse’s knowledge about Glasgow coma scale at a university hospital
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Assessment of nurse’s knowledge about Glasgow coma scale at a university hospital
OBJECTIVE To assess knowledge of nurses of emergency services and intensive care units about Glasgow Coma Scale. METHODS This cross-sectional analytical study included 127 nurses of critical units of an university hospital. We used structured interview with 12 questions to evaluate their knowledge about the scale. Association of Knowledge with professionals' sociodemographic variables were ve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Einstein (São Paulo)
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1679-4508
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-45082016ao3618