A systematic review and meta-synthesis: Evaluating the effectiveness of nurse, midwife/allied health professional consultants

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1792-1808

  Humphreys, Ann ^a   Johnson, Sarah ^b   Richardson, Janet ^a   Stenhouse, Elizabeth ^a   Watkins, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Social Work   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultant role; Expert practice; Leadership; Nurses; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSULTANTS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 34548799167     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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