Community-based child health nurses: An exploration of current practice

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Borrow, Stephanie ^a   Munns, Ailsa ^b   Henderson, Saras ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health nursing; Child health practice; Role of the community based child health nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055113997     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.40.1.71     Document Type: Article

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