Individualized assessment and intervention in bilateral siderail use

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 322-330

  Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Talerico, Karen A ^a   Strumpf, Neville ^a   Evans, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FALLING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BEDS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032197558     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4572(98)90118-5     Document Type: Article

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