Pediatric nurse practitioners: Roles and scope of practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 846-850

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Dunham, Kelly M ^a,b   Lamarand, Kara E ^a,b   Loveland Cherry, Carol ^a   Martyn, Kristy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioners; Pediatric; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSERY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049447275     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1589     Document Type: Article

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