What factors influence nurses' assessment practices? Development of the Barriers to Nurses' use of Physical Assessment Scale

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2683-2694

  Douglas, Clint ^a   Osborne, Sonya ^a,b   Reid, Carol ^a,b   Batch, Mary ^b   Hollingdrake, Olivia ^b   Gardner, Glenn ^a,b   Richter, Kathleen ^c   Mason, Kate ^c   Booker, Catriona ^c   Dally Watkins, Dale ^c   Main, Elizabeth ^c   Fox, Robyn ^c   Peisker, Kathrin ^c   Buda, Margaret ^c   Collier, Thea Grace ^c   Groom, Peter ^c   Jamieson, Sandy ^c   Foster, Melanie ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Barriers scale; Health assessment; Instrument development; Nursing assessment; Nursing observation; Patient assessment; Physical assessment

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PROCESS; PSYCHOMETRY;

HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PROCESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84908119603     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12408     Document Type: Article

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