Measuring the requirements for nursing care in the acute head trauma patient.
A measuring tool to assess the requirements for nursing care, define patient care goals, and document progress was developed in a 57-bed head trauma sub-acute rehabilitation center. The process of tool development and reliability testing is described.
Mayer
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Buckley
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Storrie
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Zehner
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Wann
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Braden
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Vestil
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White
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012720:Severity of Illness Index