Heights of occupied patient beds: a possible risk factor for inpatient falls
dc.contributor.author | Tzeng, Huey-Ming | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yin, Chang-Yi | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T19:30:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T19:30:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Tzeng, Huey-Ming; Yin, Chang-Yi (2008). "Heights of occupied patient beds: a possible risk factor for inpatient falls." Journal of Clinical Nursing 17(11): 1503-1509. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72643> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-1067 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-2702 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72643 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=18482143&dopt=citation | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Beds | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Falls | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Nurses | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Nursing | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Patient | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Safety | en_US |
dc.title | Heights of occupied patient beds: a possible risk factor for inpatient falls | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Nursing | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18482143 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72643/1/j.1365-2702.2007.02086.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02086.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Clinical Nursing | en_US |
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dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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