Pressure ulcer knowledge among nurses in a Brazilian university hospital

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 58-64

  Chianca, Tânia Couto Machado ^a   Rezende, Jomara Figueiredo Pinto ^a   Borges, Eline Lima ^a   Nogueira, Vera Lucia ^a   Caliri, Maria Helena Larcher ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

education; guidelines for clinical practice; nursing; nursing research; pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRESSURE ULCER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78149323774     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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