Real nursing? The development of telenursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 631-640

  Snooks, Helen A ^a   Williams, Anne M ^b   Griffiths, Lesley J ^a   Peconi, Julie ^a   Rance, Jaynie ^a   Snelgrove, Sharon ^a   Sarangi, Srikant ^c   Wainwright, Paul ^d   Cheung, Wai Yee ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Nurse roles; Policy; Questionnaires; Technology; Telenursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 39749141139     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04546.x     Document Type: Article

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