Are patients with or at risk of pressure ulcers allocated appropriate prevention measures

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 58-67

  Gunningberg, Lena ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel; Nursing; Pressure ulcers; Prevalence; Prevention; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORTHOSIS; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 18244367149     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2005.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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