Developing public health nursing: barriers perceived by community nurses

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 623-633

  Winters, L ^a   Gordon, U ^b   Atherton, J ^c   Scott Samuel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool and Sefton Public Health Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c South Sefton PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health visitors; NHS; Public health nursing; School nurses

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL NURSING; WORKLOAD;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MERSEYSIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347234575     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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