The effects of an advanced practice nurse-directed heart failure program

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 20-28

  Dahl, Julie ^a   Penque, Sue ^b  

^a Health East Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNITED HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19344366089     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003465-200109000-00006     Document Type: Article

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