Got the picture? Using mobile phone technology to reinforce discharge instructions

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 47-51

  Holt, Jo Ellen ^a   Flint, Elizabeth P ^b   Bowers, Margaret T ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SELF CARE;

ARM INJURIES; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 79961043135     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000403363.66929.41     Document Type: Article

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