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Of the 120 questionnaires distributed, 103 were returned. Three questionnaires were discarded owing to excessive missing data (>30%), leaving 100 that were usable and yielding a response rate of 83%.

COUNCIL BLUFFS GETS NEW TECHNOLOGY. IT MONITORS VITAL SIGNS AND MOVEMENT WITHOUT NURSES HAVING TO TOUCH THE PATIENTS. WELL, LAST YEAR, THEY HAD SENSORS IN A QUARTER OF THEIR ROOMS. AND AS OF THIS WEEK ...