Do nurses know enough about percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy?
An audit of nurses in a district general hospital found that there were gaps in their knowledge about the management of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. The author suggests ways in which their knowledge could be updated and patient care improved.
Howell
Mandy
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Sunderland Royal Hospital.
D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000451:nursing; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000451:nursing*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000451:nursing*; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management