Characterizing nurse practitioner practice by sampling patient encounters: An APRNet study

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 281-287

  Deshefy Longhi, Terry ^a   Swartz, Martha K ^a   Grey, Margaret ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioner practice; Practice based research networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049132213     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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