Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 182-190 , November 2006

Communication boards in critical care: patients' views

  • Lance Patak, RN, BSN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Research and Education, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 310 206 1884 (work), +1 310 470 9340 (home); fax: +1 310 794 7482.
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  • Ng Irene Fung, RN, MSN, ACNPc, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Lynn Doering, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jill Berg, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth A. Henneman, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

Received 14 September 2004 ,Accepted 23 September 2005.

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☆ Institution project completed: University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center and School of Nursing, Rm. 14-176 CHS, 10833 Le Conte, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

PII: S0897-1897(06)00082-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.09.006

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 182-190 , November 2006

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