The first Australian nurse practitioner census: A protocol to guide standardized collection of information about an emergent professional group

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 517-524

  Middleton, Sandy ^a   Gardner, Glenn ^b   Gardner, Anne ^c   Della, Phillip ^d   Gibb, Michelle ^e   Millar, Lynne ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Townsville Health Service District   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Census; Nurse practitioner; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; NURSE PRACTITIONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956863996     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2010.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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