Influence of staff education on the function of hospitalized elders

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Sonia ^a   Staffileno, Beth A ^b   Fogg, Louis ^b  

^a Midwest Palliative and Hospice CareCenter   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional decline; Geriatric education; Hospitalization; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DECUBITUS; EDUCATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PILOT STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE ULCER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84873247295     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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