Older patients with chronic heart failure within Swedish community health care: A record review of nursing assessments and interventions

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Ehrenberg, Anna ^a   Ehnfors, Margareta ^b   Ekman, Inger ^c  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Home care; Nursing; Record audit

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0942268085     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00837.x     Document Type: Review

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