Public Health Nursing: The Generalist in a Specialized Environment

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-259

  May, Kathleen M ^a,d   Phillips, Linda R ^b   Ferketich, Sandra L ^c   Verran, Joyce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Generalist role; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALISM;

EID: 0042233909     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20402.x     Document Type: Article

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