Acute Care Nurse Practitioners in Oncologic Critical Care: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Experience

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 207-217

  D'Agostino, Rhonda ^a   Halpern, Neil A ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care nurse practitioner; Critical care; Intensive care; Nurse practitioner; Oncologic intensive care; Physician alternative

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING MANAGEMENT; NURSING PRACTICE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 70449837097     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2009.09.003     Document Type: Review

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