Rural nurse anesthesia practice: A pilot study

AANA Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-190

  Seibert, Elizabeth Monti ^a,b   Alexander, Judith ^a,c   Lupien, Alfred E ^a,d  

^a Department of Nurse Anesthesia ^*

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia manpower; Nurse anesthetist; Rural

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT MONITORING; RURAL AREA;

EID: 2942574515     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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