The Relationship Among Evidence-Based Practice and Client Dyspnea, Pain, Falls, and Pressure Ulcer Outcomes in the Community Setting

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 274-283

  Doran, Diane ^a   Lefebre, Nancy ^b   O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^a   Estabrook, Carole A ^c   White, Peggy ^d   Carryer, Jennifer ^a   Sun, Winnie ^a   Qian, Gan ^a   Bai, Yu Qing ^a   Li, Mingyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Saint Elizabeth   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Institute of Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Home care; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PAIN; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84939260624     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12051     Document Type: Article

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