Asian Nursing Research
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 102-110 , June 2010

Adequacy of Nutritional Support and Reasons for Underfeeding in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patients

  • Hwasoon Kim, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Hwasoon Kim, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Inha University, 253 Yonghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, Korea
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  • Jeong Ae Shin, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Nurse, Quality Improvement Team, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea
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  • Jae Youn Shin, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Master's Student, Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
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  • Ok Min Cho, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Master's Student, Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, Korea

Received 18 February 2010 ,Revised 30 April 2010 ,Accepted 27 May 2010.

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PII: S1976-1317(10)60010-2

doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(10)60010-2

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 102-110 , June 2010

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