Practice nurse and health visitor management of acute minor illness in a general practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 556-562

  Pritchard, Alison ^a,c   Kendrick, Denise ^b  

^a Newthorpe Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c N Nottinghamshire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioner workload; Health visitor; Minor illness; Patient; Practice nurse; Primary health care; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035512195     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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