Jan Powers is director of clinical nurse specialists and nursing research and a clinical specialist in the trauma intensive care unit at St Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Corresponding author: Jan Powers, RN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, CNRN, FCCM, St Vincent Hospital, 2001 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260 (e-mail:[email protected]).
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