Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program: Contributing to positive client outcomes

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 331-339

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Palmer, Christine ^a   Tennent, Rebeka ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client outcome; Mental health care; Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77956282434     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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