Terms used for isolation practices by nurses at an academic medical center

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2309-2319

  Landers, Timothy ^a,b   McWalters, Jessica ^a   Behta, Maryam ^c   Bufe, Gina ^c   Ross, Barbara ^c   Vawdrey, David K ^b   Larson, Elaine ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medical center; Infection; Isolation practices; Isolation precautions; Nurses; Personal protective equipment; Terms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956296155     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05398.x     Document Type: Article

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