The Nurse Practitioner Role in the NICU as Perceived by Parents

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-188

  Beal, Judy A ^a   Quinn, Mary ^b  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Neonatal nursing; Nurse practitioner; Parent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345807500     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200205000-00011     Document Type: Article

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