Enrolled nurse skill extension: Metropolitan myth or rural reality?

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 38-42

  Blay, Nicole ^a   Donoghue, Judith ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced practice; Enrolled nursing; Legal authorisation; Surgical nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34250815765     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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