Executive control function: A clinically practical assessment

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 28-34

  Barrington, Lisa ^a   Yoder Wise, Patricia S ^b  

^a University Medical Center   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645302143     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0098-9134-20060201-08     Document Type: Article

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