We've got trouble: Medications in assisted living

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 30-39

  Woods, Diana Lynn ^a   Guo, Guifang ^a   Kim, Haesook ^a   Phillips, Linda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLYPHARMACY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; DRUG THERAPY; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955954770     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20100302-02     Document Type: Article

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