International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2456
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 213

Full Length Research Paper

Factors influencing nurses' use of risk assessment scale for preventing pressure ulcer among patients in National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu State, South Eastern, Nigeria

Ingwu Justin Agorye*, Ayanor Nonye and Ohaeri Beatrice
1Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria. 2Department of Nursing, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.  
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 02 May 2015
  •  Accepted: 18 August 2015
  •  Published: 31 October 2015

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