Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 399-403 , December 2005

Night Watch

  • Kathy Carlson, MA, RN, CPAN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kathy Carlson, MA, RN, CPAN, 6005 Morgan Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419

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 Editor’s note: “Soundwaves” was once a regular column, in the olden days when this journal was titled the Journal of Postanesthesia Nursing. The space was reserved for relevant, if more opinion-based, topics of reader interest. For old times sake, “Soundwaves” has been resurrected for this issue. The author of this article was Managing Editor of Journal of Postanesthesia Nursing from 1988-1993.

PII: S1089-9472(05)00280-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2005.09.005

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 399-403 , December 2005

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