Functional Status Outcomes of a Nursing Intervention in Hospitalized Elderly

Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 201-208

  Wanich, Christine K ^a   Sullivan‐Marx, Eileen M ^a   Gottlieb, Gary L ^b   Johnson, Jerry C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; NURSING; ORIENTATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COMMUNICATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSE CLINICIANS; ORIENTATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0026918261     PISSN: 07435150     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00719.x     Document Type: Article

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