The role of the nurse coordinator in spina bifida clinics

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1884-1889

  Dunleavy, Mary Jo ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse coordinator; Role of nurse coordinator; Spina bifida; Spina bifida clinics

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ALLERGY; BLADDER; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTESTINE; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SKIN CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149033011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.305     Document Type: Review

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