Experiences and attitudes of nurse specialists in primary care regarding their role in care for patients with urinary incontinence

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-310

  Albers Heitner, Pytha C P ^a   Lagro Janssen, Toine A L M ^b   Venema, Pieter P L ^c   Berghmans, Bary L C M ^a   Winkens, Ron R A G ^a   de Jonge, Ank A ^d   Joore, Manuela M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experi ences of nurse specialists; Facilitators and barriers; Focus group study; Implementation; Nurses' role; Primary care; Qualitative research; Role substitution; Shift of care; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 79955968619     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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