The Transitional Emergency Nurse Practitioner role: Implementation study and preliminary evaluation

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Fry, Margaret M ^a,b   Rogers, Tessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Implementation study; Job design; Nurse practitioner; Transitional Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349196733     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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