Knowledge and practice of nurses towards prevention of pressure ulcer and associated factors in Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nuru, Nurhusien ^a   Zewdu, Fisseha ^b   Amsalu, Senafikish ^b   Mehretie, Yohannes ^c  

^a Metema Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Knowledge and practice; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027926187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0076-8     Document Type: Article

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