A time for international standards?: Comparing the Emergency Nurse Practitioner role in the UK, Australia and New Zealand

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 210-216

  Currie, Jane ^a,b,c   Edwards, Liza ^a   Colligan, Margaret ^b   Crouch, Robert ^c  

^a CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency Nurse Practitioner; International standards; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LICENSING; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LICENSURE, NURSING; MODELS, NURSING; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248939171     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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