Registered nurses' everyday activities in municipal health care: A study of diaries

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-552

  Nilsson, Kerstin ^a,b   Lundgren, Solveig ^a   Furåker, Carina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diary; Municipal health care; Nursing practice; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; SWEDEN;

NURSES; NURSING RECORDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77449146939     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01777.x     Document Type: Article

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