Internet Training for Nurse Aides to Prevent Resident Aggression

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 519-526

  Irvine, A Blair ^a   Bourgeois, Michelle ^b   Billow, Molly ^a   Seeley, John R ^c  

^a Oregon Center for Applied Science   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

interactive; Internet; long term care; nurse aides; Resident aggression; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 34948903761     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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