Measuring practice patterns among acute care nurse practitioners

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Rosenfeld, Peri ^a,c   McEvoy, Mary Dee ^b   Glassman, Kimberly ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; POLICY; STANDARD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037336518     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-200303000-00007     Document Type: Article

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