Nurse Assistant Communication Strategies About Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Homes

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 984-1004

  Alexander, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; focus groups; information technology; nursing home; patient safety

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING INFORMATICS; PRESSURE ULCER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRENDS;

COMMUNICATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING INFORMATICS; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84931029783     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945914555201     Document Type: Article

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