Pressure ulcer prevention in nursing homes: Views and beliefs of enrolled nurses and other health care workers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 668-676

  Buss, Inge C ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^a   Abu Saad, Huda Huyer ^a   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Evidence based practice; Implementation; Nursing homes; Pressure ulcer prevention; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TAPE RECORDER;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 4544232279     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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