The NEECHAM Confusion Scale: Construction, Validation, and Clinical Testing

Nursing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 324-330

  Neelon, Virginia J ^b   Champagne, Mary T ^b   Carlson, John R ^a   Funk, Sandra G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFUSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CONFUSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030293351     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199611000-00002     Document Type: Article

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