Effect of education on the knowledge and attitude of intensive care unit staff towards the use of predictive disease severity scoring systems

Background and Purpose: Severity of illness scoring systems is used for the classification of patients to receive medical services, predict the risk of mortality, determine hospital bed occupancy, and assess treatment progress. In Iran, these scoring systems are not frequently used due to the lack o...

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Main Authors: Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami, Tahereh Yaghoubi, Afshin Gholipour Baradari, Yaser Talebiyan Keyakalayeh, Jamshid Yazdani Cherati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jnmsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2345-5756;year=2016;volume=3;issue=1;spage=52;epage=58;aulast=Bagheri-Nesami;type=0