Expanding the role of the stroke nurse: A pragmatic clinical trial

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 640-650

  Burton, Christopher ^a   Gibbon, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Nursing role expansion; Patient discharge; Randomized controlled trial; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 28944444183     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03639.x     Document Type: Article

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