Geriatric nurse practitioner care guidelines: Pruritis and xerosis in the elderly person

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-249

  Davis, Guerry ^a   Luggen, Ann ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM LACTATE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PETROLATUM; SOAP; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRY SKIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSIS;

EID: 0042412442     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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