The clinical nurse specialist in an Irish hospital

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Wickham, Sheelagh ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

clinical nurse specialist; nurses' roles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IRELAND; NURSING DISCIPLINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 79951804601     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e31820aefb5     Document Type: Article

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