Delegation in long-term care: Scope of practice or job description?

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Corazzini, Kirsten N ^a   Anderson, Ruth A ^a   Rapp, Carla Gene ^b   Mueller, Christine ^c   McConnell, Eleanor S ^a   Lekan, Deborah ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delegation; Licensed practical nurses; Long term care; Nurse practice acts; Nursing assistants; Nursing homes; Professional nursing practice; Qualitative research; Quality of care; Registered nurses; Scope of practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957991370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/ojin.vol15no02man04     Document Type: Article

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