Health care for the homeless: A partnership between a city and a school of nursing

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 700-703

  Pennington, Karen ^a   Coast, Mary Jo ^a   Kroh, Maura ^a  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORADO; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENTS, NURSING; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78649962430     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20100930-02     Document Type: Article

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