Safe practice of population-focused nursing care: Development of a public health nursing concept

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 226-232

  Issel, L Michele ^a   Bekemeier, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957683050     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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