Nurses’ knowledge of the medication management at intensive care units

Jana Heczková; Alan Bulava

doi:10.2478/pielxxiw-2018-0003

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Nurses’ knowledge of the medication management at intensive care units

Pielegniarstwo XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

Volume 17 (2018): Issue 1 (March 2018)

By: Jana Heczková and Alan Bulava

Open Access

|May 2018

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