Behaviors of nursing home residents with dementia: Examining nurse responses

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 13-21

  Kovach, Christine R ^a   Kelber, Sheryl T ^a   Simpson, Michelle ^a   Wells, Thelma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745878243     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20060601-05     Document Type: Article

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