Predicting pressure ulcer risk

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 40-48

  Stotts, Nancy A ^a,b   Gunningberg, Lena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b John A Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37349012567     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000298058.25564.8a     Document Type: Review

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