Clinical Governance improvement initiatives in community nursing

Clinical Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-212

  Maddock, Anne ^a   Kralik, Debbie ^a   Smith, Judy ^a  

^a Royal District Nursing Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Community nursing; Quality programmes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33747831736     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270610683137     Document Type: Article

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