Staff response time to call lights and unit-acquired pressure ulcer rates in adult in-patient acute care units

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-187

  Tzeng, Huey Ming ^a   Grandy, Glenda A ^b   Yin, Chang Yi ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hospitals; In patients; Pressure ulcer; Quality of health care; Response time; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892516892     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2013.45.2.182     Document Type: Article

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