Nurses' perceived barriers to the implementation of a Fall Prevention Clinical Practice Guideline in Singapore hospitals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Koh, Serena S L ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^a   Hutchinson, Alison M ^a   Donath, Susan ^b,c   Johnston, Linda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING; SINGAPORE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SINGAPORE;

EID: 44949228531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-105     Document Type: Article

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