Reducing pressure ulcer prevalence rates in the long-term acute care Setting

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 50-59

  Milne, Catherine T ^a,d   Trigilia, Donna ^b   Houle, Tracy L ^a   Delong, Sandra ^e   Rosenblum, David ^c  

^a Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates LLC ^*  (United States)

^b Gaylord Hospital Wallingford   (United States)

^c Gaylord Hospital   (United States)

^d MSN BC   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CONNECTICUT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SKIN CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67549089798     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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