Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , February 2010

Adding additional grab bars as a possible strategy for safer hospital stays

  • Huey-Ming Tzeng, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, The University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 358 0358; fax: +1 734 994 9776.
    • ,
  • Chang-Yi Yin, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of History, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan 11192

Received 3 June 2007 ,Revised 28 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 May 2008.

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PII: S0897-1897(08)00048-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.05.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , February 2010

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