National patient safety goal #13: patients' active involvement in their own care: preventing chemotherapy extravasation.
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233 Lisa Hartkopf Smith, RN, MS, AOCN®, CNS, is an oncology clinical nurse specialist at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, OH. Mention of specific products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing or the Oncology Nursing Society. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1188/09.CJON.233-234 National Patient Safety Goal #13: Patients’ Active Involvement in Their Own Care: Preventing Chemotherapy Extravasation Safety LiSa Hartkopf SmitH, rN, mS, aoCN®, CNS—aSSoCiate editor
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing
دوره 13 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009