Pressure ulcers: Knowledge and attitude of nurses and nursing assistants in Belgian nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1425-1434

  Demarré, Liesbet ^a   Vanderwee, Katrien ^a   Defloor, Tom ^a   Verhaeghe, Sofie ^a   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^b   Beeckman, Dimitri ^a,c,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adequate preventive measures; Attitude; Knowledge; Nursing; Nursing homes; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; NURSING;

BELGIUM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 84859771028     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03878.x     Document Type: Article

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