Aging issues: Nursing imperatives for healthcare reform

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-109

  Beverly, Claudia ^a   Burger, Sarah Greene ^b   Maas, Meridean L ^c   Specht, Janet K Pringle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing; Health reform; Nurses; Older adults; Workforce

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; POLITICS; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949722641     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e3181d91718     Document Type: Article

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