Pressure ulcer prevention knowledge among Jordanian nurses: A cross- sectional study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Qaddumi, Jamal ^a   Khawaldeh, Abdullah ^b  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Jarash University   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Barriers; Jordan; Knowledge; Nurses; Pressure ulcer; Sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896699714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-6     Document Type: Article

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