The clinical nurse specialist role in developing a geropalliative model of care

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Mahler, Anne ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse specialist; Palliative care; Watson's Caring Healing Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; FAMILY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 73949083485     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181c4abba     Document Type: Article

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