Complementary therapy practice: Defining the role of advanced nurse practitioners

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 816-823

  Patterson, Christine ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a   Arthur, Heather ^a   Smith, Kiara ^a   Mills, Dorothy Anne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced nurse practitioner; Clinical role functions; Complementary therapies; Learning needs

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ACCREDITATION; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CANADA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0242523005     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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