The role of nurse practitioners in hospital settings: Implications for interprofessional practice

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Van Soeren, Mary ^a   Hurlock Chorostecki, Christina ^b   Reeves, Scott ^c  

^a Canadian Health Care Innovations   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

advanced practice nurse; collaboration; interprofessional practice; mixed methods; Nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79959465737     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2010.539305     Document Type: Article

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