Pressure-relieving equipment: Promoting its correct use amongst nurses via differing modes of educational delivery

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-478

  Wedge, Claire ^a,b   Gosney, Margot ^c,d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Roy Berkshire Battle H ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beds; Education; Nurses; Nursing; Pressure ulcers; Research delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN ULCER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BED REST; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 17144405706     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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