Predictive validity of the braden scale and nurse perception in identifying pressure ulcer risk

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 80-86

  VandenBosch, Terry ^a,d   Montoye, Cecelia ^b   Satwicz, Martha ^b   Durkee Leonard, Karen ^c   Boylan Lewis, Barbara ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Michigan Peer Review Organization   (United States)

^c Rehabilitation Services   (United States)

^d Nursing Development Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 0030133727     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80457-5     Document Type: Article

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