Establishing new nursing roles: A case study of the English community matron initiative

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2948-2957

  Drennan, Vari ^a   Goodman, Claire ^b   Manthorpe, Jill ^c   Davies, Sue ^d   Scott, Cherill ^a   Gage, Heather ^e   Iliffe, Steve ^f  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease management; Community matrons; New roles; Nurses; Nursing; Policy implementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; NURSE'S ROLE;

EID: 80052559347     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03643.x     Document Type: Article

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