The practice of nurses working with older people in long term care: An Australian perspective

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 527-536

  Hunter, Sharyn ^a   Levett Jones, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Long term care; Nurses; Nursing; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 74549132866     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02967.x     Document Type: Article

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