Drug use and pressure ulcers in long-term care units: Do nurse time pressure and unfair management increase the prevalence?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3067-3073

  Pekkarinen, Laura ^a   Sinervo, Timo ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Noro, Anja ^a   Finne Soveri, Harriet ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Management stress; Nurses; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING; PREVALENCE;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 53849142554     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02445.x     Document Type: Article

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