International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 162-168 , February 2012

Nurse-led central venous catheter insertion—Procedural characteristics and outcomes of three intensive care based catheter placement services

  • Evan Alexandrou

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Central Venous Access Service and Parenteral Nutrition, Liverpool Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
    • University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    • Intensive Care, Liverpool Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
    • University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Curtin University, New South Wales, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9685 9506; fax: +61 2 9685 9599.
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  • Margherita Murgo

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Eda Calabria

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Timothy R. Spencer

      Affiliations

    • Central Venous Access Service and Parenteral Nutrition, Liverpool Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
    • University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    • Intensive Care, Liverpool Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Hailey Carpen

      Affiliations

    • Nepean Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Kathleen Brennan

      Affiliations

    • University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    • Critical Care Services, Bankstown Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Steven A. Frost

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Intensive Care, Liverpool Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Patricia M. Davidson

      Affiliations

    • University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Ken M. Hillman

      Affiliations

    • University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    • The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research (affiliated with) The Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales. New South Wales, Australia

Received 30 March 2011 ,Revised 17 June 2011 ,Accepted 31 August 2011.

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PII: S0020-7489(11)00334-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.08.011

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 162-168 , February 2012