Nurse practitioners providing health care to rural and underserved areas in four Mississippi Delta states

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 230-237

  Kippenbrock, Thomas ^a   Stacy, Annette ^a   Tester, Karen ^b   Richey, Roger ^c  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Hayti Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioner; Rural; Underserved workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANPOWER; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEWER; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036659044     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpnu.2002.126842     Document Type: Article

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