Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 177-187 , November 2010

Development of clinical practice guidelines for the nursing care of people undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: An Australian & New Zealand collaboration

  • John X. Rolley, RN, BN (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia
    • Australian Catholic University, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, 39 Regent Street, Chippendale, NSW 2008, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 8382 4024; fax: +61 2 8399 7834.
    • ,
  • Yenna Salamonson, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Cheryl R. Dennison, ANP, PhD, FAHA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Australia
    • ,
  • Patricia M. Davidson, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia

Received 6 October 2009 ,Revised 30 January 2010 ,Accepted 16 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2010.03.004

Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 177-187 , November 2010

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