Development and Psychometric Validation of the General Practice Nurse Satisfaction Scale

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-327

  Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a,c   Caldwell, Belinda ^b,c   Salamonson, Yenna ^a,c   Davidson, Patricia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian Practice Nurses Association   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer satisfaction; General practice; Office nursing; Primary care nursing; Unrsing roles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052270217     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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