Specialist nursing framework for New Zealand: A missing link in workforce planning

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-275

  Holloway, Kathy ^a   Baker, Jacqueline ^b   Lumby, Judy ^c  

^a Whitireia Community Polytechnic   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frameworks; Specialist nursing; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NEW ZEALAND; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CAREER MOBILITY; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW ZEALAND; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 77649261052     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154409357628     Document Type: Article

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