Continuity through best practice: Design and implementation of a nurse-led community leg-ulcer service

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Lorimer, Karen ^a  

^a Victorian Order of Nurses   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 3242693553     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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