Providing oral care in haematological oncology patients: Nurses' knowledge and skills

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Potting, Carin M J ^a   Mank, Arno ^b   Blijlevens, Nicole M A ^a   Peter Donnelly, J ^a   van Achterberg, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Medical ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Knowledge and skills; Oral care; Oral mucositis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORAL HYGIENE; STOMATITIS;

EID: 50249086324     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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