Literature review of the impact of nurse practitioners in critical care services

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 58-66

  Fry, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced nursing roles; Advanced practice in ICU; Advanced practice nurse specialist roles; Advancing practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MODEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79959510836     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00437.x     Document Type: Review

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