Integration of nurse practitioners into Ontario's primary health care system: Variations across practice settings

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 48-69

  Koren, Irene ^a   Mian, Oxana ^a   Rukholm, Ellen ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioner; Ontario; Primary health care; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 77953827352     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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