Nurses' attitudes, abilities and educational preference related to using family pedigrees in clinical practice

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 498-506

  Pestka, Elizabeth L ^a   Meiers, Sonja J ^b   L Shah, Lisa ^c   Junglen, Laura M ^a   Delgado, Adriana ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease prevention; Family history; Family pedigree; Health promotion; Nurses' beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY PEDIGREE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSES' BELIEFS; PEDIGREE; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DISEASE PREVENTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY PEDIGREE; HEALTH PROMOTION; NURSES' BELIEFS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84884944694     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12091     Document Type: Article

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