Overlap of registered nurse and physician practice: Implications for U.S. health care reform

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-22

  Djukic, Maja ^a   Kovner, Christine T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care delivery models; Health care reform; Health care workforce; Nurse physician practice overlap; Nursing practice; Scope of practice

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954048805     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154410365564     Document Type: Article

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