Pressure ulcer care in Spain: Nurses' knowledge and clinical practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-338

  Pancorbo Hidalgo, Pedro Luis ^a   García Fernández, Francisco Pedro ^b   López Medina, Isabel Maria ^a   López Ortega, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b University Hospital of Jaen   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult nursing; Attitudes; Clinical guidelines; Pressure ulcers; Questionnaire; Survey; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WOUND HEALING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PRESSURE ULCER; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247630561     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04236.x     Document Type: Article

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