Remodelling the paediatric icu workforce: there is a case for implementing advance nurse practitioner roles into all paediatric intensive care units

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 165-167

  Tume, Lyvonne ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CHILD; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NURSE'S ROLE; PEDIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 78049495730     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00414.x     Document Type: Editorial

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