Nurses' attitudes, behaviours and perceived barriers towards pressure ulcer prevention

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 942-951

  Moore, Zena ^a   Price, Patricia ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers; Behaviours; Change; Nurses; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NURSES; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 9244265472     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00972.x     Document Type: Review

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