Developing a Nurse-Led Education Program to Enhance Self-Care Agency in Leg Ulcer Patients

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-155

  Herber, Oliver R ^a   Schnepp, Wilfried ^a   Rieger, Monika A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

education; leg ulcer; Orem's theory; self care agency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE;

GERMANY; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 58849161868     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318408314694     Document Type: Article

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