Primary care nursing workforce in Australia: A vision for the future

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-160

  Parker, Rhian ^a   Walker, Lynne ^b   Hegarty, Kelsey ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; General practice; Health policy; Nursing; Practice nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY NURSING; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY NURSING;

EID: 77954631764     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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