Nurses' assessments of individualised care in long-term care institutions

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1178-1188

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a   Alikleemola, Pilvi ^a,b   Katajisto, Jouko ^a   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Amiedu   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Individualised nursing care; Long term care; Nurses; Older patients; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84858289985     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03855.x     Document Type: Article

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