A Nurse Practitioner initiated model of service delivery in caring for people with dementia

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 49-60

  Borbasi, Sally ^a   Emmanuel, Elizabeth ^b   Farrelly, Brona ^c,d   Ashcroft, Jayne ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Metro South Health Services District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nurse Practitioner; Nursing staff; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE;

EID: 79953006626     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.36.1-2.049     Document Type: Article

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