Beyond 'doing': Supporting clinical leadership and nursing practice in aged care through innovative models of care

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-170

  Venturato, Lorraine ^a   Drew, Liz ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Residential Aged Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Model of care; Nursing; Retention; Staffing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; NURSING, TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79952196696     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.35.2.157     Document Type: Article

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