An acute care nurse practitioner model of care for neurosurgical patients

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 57-64

  Yeager, Susan ^a   Shaw, Katherine Dale ^b   Casavant, Jennifer M ^b   Burns, Suzanne M ^b  

^a RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MODELS, NURSING; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; VIRGINIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 39049195412     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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