The epidemiology of skin care provided by nurses at home: A multicentre prevalence study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 570-580

  Kottner, Jan ^a   Boronat, Xavier ^a   Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^a   Lahmann, Nils ^a   Suhr, Ralf ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Centre for Quality in Care Foundation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmetic products; Emollients; Home care nursing service; Moisturizers; Nurse; Nursing; Prevalence; Skin care; Skin integrity

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASES; STANDARDS;

AGED; COSMETICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84922925607     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12517     Document Type: Article

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