From nursing home to acute care: Signs, symptoms, and strategies used to prevent transfer

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 316-320

  Ashcraft, Alyce S ^a   Owen, Donna C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education in nursing homes; Nursing home; Preventing transfer; Transfer signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84955671626     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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