Nursing Handoffs in the PICU: Is Telemedicine Making It Better?

Pediatr Crit Care Med

Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada; and Nursing and Health Sciences Department, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Published: September 2019

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