An exploration of nurse practitioner care to homebound frail elders

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 325-334

  Dick, Karen ^a,b   Frazier, Susan C ^a  

^a Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Home care; Nurse practitioners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOSTON; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748646799     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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