A comprehensive model of the process of telephone nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2621-2629

  Greenberg, Mary Elizabeth ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Interviews; Model; Nursing process; Telephone nursing; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING THEORY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING THEORY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 70450173689     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05132.x     Document Type: Article

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