"And then you'll see her in the Grocery store": The working relationships of public health nurses and high-priority families in northern Canadian communities

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 327-334

  Moules, Nancy J ^a   MacLeod, Martha L P ^b   Thirsk, Lorraine M ^a   Hanlon, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Families; Hermeneutics; Nurse Client relationship; Public health nursing; Qualitative research; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ALBERTA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77949336674     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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