Nurse practitioner-led multidisciplinary teams to improve chronic illness care: The unique strengths of nurse practitioners applied to shared medical appointments/group visits

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Watts, Sharon A ^a,c   Gee, Julie ^a   O'Day, Mary Ellen ^a   Schaub, Kimberley ^a   Lawrence, Renee ^a   Aron, David ^a,b   Kirsh, Susan ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Models of care; Nurse practitioners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING, TEAM; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62349113076     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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