Nurse Continuity and Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers: A Comparative Analysis Using an Electronic Health Record "big Data" Set

Nursing Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 361-371

  Stifter, Janet ^a   Yao, Yingwei ^a,b   Lodhi, Muhammad Kamran ^c   Lopez, Karen Dunn ^a   Khokhar, Ashfaq ^d   Wilkie, Diana J ^a,b   Keenan, Gail M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

health information technology; NANDA; NIC; NOC; nurse continuity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCULATION; DATA MINING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942052046     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000112     Document Type: Article

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