Community child health (CCH) nurses' experience of home visits for new mothers: A quality improvement project

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-76

  Henderson, Saras ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health nurses; Community nursing; Home visits; New mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953696642     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2009.34.1.066     Document Type: Article

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