Geriatric nursing assessment and intervention in an emergency department: A pilot study

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-151

  Rosted, Elizabeth ^a,b   Wagner, Lis ^a   Hendriksen, Carsten ^c   Poulsen, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric nursing; Nursing assessment; Nursing intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860319581     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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