A day with Blake: hope on a medical-surgical unit.
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چکیده
All nurses care for patients who change their lives forever. Blake was one of those patients. Blake's story and the interventions his nurse (Amie) instituted illustrate a hope-promoting framework that medical-surgical nurses can use every day in practice.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
دوره 16 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007