Influence of policies on nursing practice in long-term care environments for older people

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 661-671

  Tolson, Debbie ^a   Maclaren, William ^a   Kiely, Sian ^b   Lowndes, Andrew ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Elderly care nursing; Long term care; Policy; Policy impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 20444470568     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03451.x     Document Type: Article

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