Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 215-222 , November 2011

Nursing staff perceptions of physical function in hospitalized older adults

  • Marie Boltz, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Claire. M. Fagin Fellow, John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program and New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY 10003-6677, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 998 5567; fax: +1 212 995 4770.
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  • Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY 10003-6677, USA
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  • Nina Shabbat, BA

      Affiliations

    • New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY 10003-6677, USA

Received 3 June 2009 ,Revised 23 December 2009 ,Accepted 2 January 2010.

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 Funding for this study was provided by the John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program and the Atlantic Philanthropies.

PII: S0897-1897(10)00002-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2010.01.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 215-222 , November 2011

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