Peri-operative nurses' knowledge and reported practice of pressure injury risk assessment and prevention: A before-after intervention study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sutherland Fraser, Sally ^a   McInnes, Elizabeth ^b   Maher, Elizabeth ^b   Middleton, Sandy ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational intervention; Nurses; Peri operative; Pressure injury; Prevention; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869881963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-11-25     Document Type: Article

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