Practices and outcomes: Pressure ulcer management in nursing facilities

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages E1-E11

  Rapp, Mary Pat ^a   Nelson, Francine ^a   Slomka, Jacquelyn ^a   Persson, Diane ^a   Cron, Stanley G ^a   Bergstrom, Nancy ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Pressure ulcer prevention; Pressure ulcer treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77949746382     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e3181d917cf     Document Type: Article

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