The long and winding road: Integration of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists into the canadian health-care system

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-8

  DiCenso, Alba ^a,b   Bryant Lukosius, Denise ^b,c  

^a Policy Research   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Practice Development Fellow   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CANADA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CANADA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 77953830026     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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