A unique practice model for Nurse Practitioners in long-term care homes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-571

  McAiney, Carrie A ^a   Haughton, Dilys ^b   Jennings, Jane ^c   Farr, Dave ^d   Hillier, Loretta ^e   Morden, Pat ^a,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Client Services   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Townsview Lifecare Centre   (Canada)

^e LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f Shalom Village and Associate Clinical ^*

Author keywords

Long term care; Nurse Practitioners; Nursing home; Participatory evidence based patient focused process; Role evaluation; Role implementation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 43949132143     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04628.x     Document Type: Article

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