Nursing skill mix and nursing time: The roles of registered nurses and clinical nurse specialists

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 14-21

  Duffield, Christine ^a   Forbes, Jan ^a   Fallon, Ann ^b   Roche, Michael ^a   Wise, Wendy ^a   Merrick, Eamon Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse specialist; Registered nurse; Roles; Skill mix; Work sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; TIME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; NURSING RECORDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645459503     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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