Development and Testing of the interRAI Acute Care: A Standardized Assessment Administered by Nurses for Patients Admitted to Acute Care

• Main Authors: Leonard C Gray (Author), Elizabeth Beattie (Author), Veronique M Boscart (Author), Amanda Henderson (Author), Yvonne C Hornby-Turner (Author), Ruth E Hubbard (Author), Susan Wood (Author), Nancye M Peel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Underpinning standards for developing comprehensive care in hospital is the need to identify, early in the admission process, functional and psychosocial issues which affect patient outcomes. Despite the value of comprehensive assessment of patients on admission, the process is often sub...