The research potential of practice nurses

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 370-381

  Davies, Jacqueline ^a   Heyman, Bob ^a   Bryar, Rosamund ^a   Graffy, Jonathan ^b   Gunnell, Caroline ^d   Lamb, Bryony ^c   Morris, Lana ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Barriers to research; Practice nurse; Practice nursing; Primary care research; Research capacity; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EDUCATION, NURSING; ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036719331     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2002.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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