Self-Reported Rates of Adherence to Aspirin Prescribed as an Antithrombotic Therapy Following Postoperative Total

Deborah Wittig-Wells1, Susan Shapiro, Melinda Higgins

  • 1Deborah Wittig-Wells, PhD, RN, NE-BC, Director of Nursing Research, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, Tucker, GA. Susan Shapiro, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Partnerships, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Melinda Higgins, PhD, Associate Research Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Jacqueline Samms-McPherson, MSN/MHA, RN, Charge Nurse, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, Tucker, GA. Donald Shane Winterboer, BSN, RN, Staff Nurse, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, Tucker, GA. Ifeya Johnson, AS, RN, Staff Nurse, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, Tucker, GA. Jessica Carter, BSN, RN, Staff Nurse, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, Tucker, GA. Ani Jacob, BSN, RN, Staff Nurse, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, Tucker, GA.

Orthopedic Nursing
|July 25, 2017
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