A nurse practitioner model of practice in the neonatal intensive care unit

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-24

  Beal, Judy A ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Neonatal; Nurse practitioner; Role

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT SELECTION; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 0033630295     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200001000-00005     Document Type: Article

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