A Delphi study to validate an Advanced Practice Nursing tool

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2320-2330

  Chang, Anne M ^a   Gardner, Glenn E ^a   Duffield, Christine ^b   Ramis, Mary Anne ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nurses; Delphi technique; Domains of practice; Instrument validation; Nursing roles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956292209     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05367.x     Document Type: Article

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