Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 27-36 , February 2006

Temperature Measurement in the Phase I PACU

  • Nancy Stanhope, RN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Nancy Stanhope RN, CCRN, Staff Nurse, Phase I PACU, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756

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PII: S1089-9472(05)00376-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2005.11.004

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 27-36 , February 2006

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