Shifting roles in nursing - Does role extension require role abdication?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1320-1326

  Pearcey, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auxiliary nurses; Health care assistants; Nurses; Nursing; Role extension; Roles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 42149166096     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02135.x     Document Type: Article

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