Aged-care nurses' knowledge of nursing documentation: An Australian perspective

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2087-2095

  Daskein, Robyn ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Creedy, Debra ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Documentation; Long term care facility; Nursing practice; Nursing process; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RECORD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING RECORDS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66749174707     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02670.x     Document Type: Article

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