A survey of nurses' and podiatrists' attitudes, skills and knowledge of lower extremity wound care

Wounds UK

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  McIntosh, Caroline ^a   Ousey, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes knowledge skills; Multiprofessional; Nurses; Podiatrists; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PODIATRIST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 42249090067     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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