Nurses' knowledge and practice about urinary incontinence in nursing home care

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 926-934

  Saxer, Susi ^a   de Bie, Rob A ^b   Dassen, Theo ^c   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b  

^a Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nurses' knowledge; Nurses' practice; Nursing home; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 53349128150     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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