Scale consistency study: How accurate are inpatient hospital scales?

Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 21-24

  Byrd, Julie ^a   Langford, Anessa ^a   Paden, Sherry J ^a   Plackemeier, Wanda ^a   Seidelman, Caroline ^a   Valla, Mary ^a   Wills, Rebecca ^a  

^a North kansas City Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 83055179016     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000406504.91695.b4     Document Type: Article

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