AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 322-328 , February 2008

Trauma: When There's No Time to Count

  • Darlene B. Murdock, RN, BSN, CNOR

      Affiliations

    • Darlene B. Murdock, RN, BSN, CNOR, was the night shift OR charge nurse at Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, at the time this article was written. Ms Murdock has no declared affiliation that could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest in publishing this article.

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AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 322-328 , February 2008

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