Relationship between missed care and urinary tract infections innursing homes

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-130

  Nelson, September T ^a,b   Flynn, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Missed care; Nursing home; Patient outcomes; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84928199453     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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