How older people nurses assess cognitive function through daily observation

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Persoon, Anke ^a   Van der Cruijsen, Marga ^a   Schlattmann, Noortje ^a   Simmes, Friede ^b   Van Achterberg, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive function; Dementia; Observation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING, TEAM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79955571610     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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