Neonatal nurse practitioners: Past, present, and future

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 125-128

  Honeyfield, Mary Ellen ^a,b  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; Neonatal nurse practitioner; NICU; NNP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COOPERATION; DELIVERY ROOM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY ROOMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349196120     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e3181a8369f     Document Type: Article

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