Using a Modified Nominal Group Technique to Elicit Director of Nursing Input for an Osteoporosis Intervention

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 420-425

  Levine, Deborah A ^a,b   Saag, Kenneth G ^b   Casebeer, Linda L ^b   Colon Emeric, Cathleen ^c   Lyles, Kenneth W ^c,d   Shewchuk, Richard M ^e  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) of Musculoskeletal Disorders   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

intervention; nominal group technique; Osteoporosis; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING PRACTICE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; TELECONFERENCE;

EID: 33748518910     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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