A Clinical Pathway for Treating Pneumonia in the Nursing Home: Part I: The Nursing Perspective

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 271-278

  Carusone, Soo Chan ^a   Loeb, Mark ^a   Lohfeld, Lynne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical pathway; nursing; nursing home; pneumonia care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING HOME; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33744825722     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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