Public Health Nurses and the delivery of quality nursing care in the community

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1342-1350

  Markham, Trish ^a,c   Carney, Marie ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community setting; Delivery of quality care; Evidence based healthcare; Ireland; Public Health Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; NURSING CARE; STANDARD;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; NURSING CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 42149112214     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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