North Carolina wound nurses examine heel pressure ulcers

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-639

  Clegg, Amy ^a   Kring, Daria ^b   Plemmons, Judy ^c   Richbourg, Leanne ^d  

^a MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Lewis Gale Clinic   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; VIRGINIA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74349094719     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0b013e3181bd82ef     Document Type: Article

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