Role expectations of nurses in health service facilities for the elderly

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 73-83

  Takemura, Yukie ^a   Kanda, Katsuya ^a   Matsumoto, Akiko ^b   Yamagishi, Manaho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b National College of Nursing Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Care worker; Function separation; Health service facility for the elderly; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Long term care facility; Role expectation; Staff mix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; ELDERLY CARE; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MANAGER; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REHABILITATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036737941     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2002.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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