Anemia and its impact on function in nursing home residents: What do we know?

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-16

  Sabol, Valerie K ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^a   Galik, Elizabeth ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann ^b   Morton, Patricia Gonce ^a   Hicks, Gregory E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Elderly; Long term care (LTC); Physical function

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; CAUSALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MORBIDITY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73649084445     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2009.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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