The influence of outreach in the development of the nurse consultant role in critical care: Cause or effect?

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-11

  Dawson, Deborah ^a   McEwen, Andy ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care outreach; Nurse consultant; Role involvement; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSULTANTS; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 30744435827     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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