Preventing skin breakdown: Nursing practices, costs, and outcomes

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 184-188

  Bostrom, Janet ^a   Mechanic, Jody ^b   Lazar, Nicole ^c   Michelson, Sheryl ^b   Grant, Lynne ^d   Nomura, Lucy ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EL CAMINO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030276897     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80057-7     Document Type: Article

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