Researching the implementation of pioneering roles in nursing and midwifery: Empirical insights about lecturer practitioners, consultant nurses and nurse registrars

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-39

  Lathlean, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Consultant nurses; Ethnography; Lecturer practitioners; Nurse registrars

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249097213     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987106073582     Document Type: Review

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