Nurse evaluation of patients in a new multidisciplinary Heart Failure Unit in Spain

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-69

  González, Beatriz ^a   Lupón, Josep ^a   Parajón, Teresa ^a   Urrutia, Agustín ^a   Altimir, Salvador ^a   Coll, Ramon ^a   Prats, Montserrat ^a   Valle, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Compliance; Education; Gender; Heart failure; Nursing; Self care

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH VISITOR; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SMOKING; SPAIN; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 1842472080     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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