Meeting changing service need through role development: A case study for Band 4 assistant practitioners

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 654-661

  Thurgate, Claire ^a   Macgregor, Janet ^a   O'Keefe, Helen ^b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistant practitioners; Clinical role development; Health care assistants; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956620748     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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