Adapting "the Staff Attitudes to Nutritional Nursing Care scale" to geriatric nursing care

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Christensson, Lennart ^a   Bachrach Lindstrom M ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Hospital care; Municipal care; Nursing staff; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STAFF ATTITUDE TO NUTRITIONAL NURSING CARE SCALE;

EID: 61849172417     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0015-z     Document Type: Article

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