Outcomes from the evaluation of an emergency department-based mental health nurse practitioner outpatient service in Australia

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-159

  Wand, Timothy ^a,b   White, Kathryn ^b   Patching, Joanna ^b   Dixon, Judith ^a   Green, Timothy ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency departments; Mental health; Mixed methods; Nurse practitioner; Patient satisfaction; Realistic evaluation; Staff satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858034060     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2011.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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