Urban outpost nursing: The nature of the nurses' work in the AIDS prevention street nurse program

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 273-280

  Hilton, B Ann ^a   Thompson, Ray ^a   Moore Dempsey, Laura ^b   Hutchinson, Kylie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c University of British Columbia ^*

Author keywords

Advanced practice; Harm reduction; Health promotion; HIV AIDS prevention; Marginalized populations; Nurses' work; Street nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0035403099     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2001.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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