Developing the Nurse Practitioner role in a rural Australian hospital - A Delphi study of practice opportunities, barriers and enablers

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-36

  Haines, Helen M ^a   Critchley, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delphi study; Nurse Practitioners; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349925135     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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