Advanced nurse practitioners: Improving patients' journeys

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Keane, Ann Kelleher ^a   Tyrrell, Kerry Mark ^b   O'Keefe, Anne ^c  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54249127938     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2008.10.16.6.30.c6782     Document Type: Article

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