Monitoring hydration status in elderly veterans

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 132-142

  Wakefield, Bonnie ^a   Mentes, Janet ^b   Diggelmann, Linda ^a   Culp, Kennith ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036516927     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939450222045798     Document Type: Article

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