Three Population-Patient Care Outcome Indicators for Public Health Nursing: Results of a Consensus Project

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-34

  Issel, L Michele ^a   Bekemeier, Betty ^b   Baldwin, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health nursing; Decision making; Population based nursing; Program evaluation; Public health nursing standards; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSENSUS; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHLAMYDIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSENSUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650715337     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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