Nurses' experiences with bed exit alarms may lead to ambivalence about their effectiveness (CE)

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hubbartt, Beth ^a   Davis, Sarah G ^a   Kautz, Donald D ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEDS; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 80053997374     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2011.tb00195.x     Document Type: Review

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