Critical care nurses' knowledge about pressure ulcer in southeast of Iran

International Wound Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-464

  Iranmanesh, Sedigheh ^a   Rafiei, Hossein ^a   Foroogh Ameri, Golnaz ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Nurses; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PIEPER PRESSURE ULCER KNOWLEDGE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRESSURE ULCER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052866313     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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