Pediatric skin care: What do nurses really know?

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-338

  Drake, Jennifer ^a   Redfern, Wendi S ^a   Sherburne, Eileen ^b   Nugent, Melodee L ^b   Simpson, Pippa ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Barrier; Behavior; Belief; Evidence based practice; Facilitator; Knowledge; Nursing; Pediatrics; Perception; Practice; Pressure sore; Pressure ulcer; Prevention; Research utilization; Skin care; Skin integrity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CARE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN CARE;

EID: 84866779867     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2012.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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