Blending the roles of home care nursing and cardiovascular specialties: A model for nursing practice in the community

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-261

  Guthaus, Margaret A ^a   White, Diane ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Borgess Visiting Nurse and Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular specialty; Generalist; Home care

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649109777     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822302014004002     Document Type: Article

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