Advanced practice nurses in home care: Is there a role?

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 349-355

  Milone Nuzzo, Paula ^a,b,c   Pike, Adele ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b American Academy of Nursing

^c National Association for Home Care   (United States)

^d Visiting Nurse Association of Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; Clinical nurse specialists; Current procedural terminology coding; Home care

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247891329     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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