An intervention to change the approach to colorectal cancer screening in primary care

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Spruce, Lisa R ^a   Sanford, Julie Tanner ^b  

^a Association of periOperative Registered Nurses   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nurse (APN); Colorectal cancer; Healthcare delivery; HEDIS measures; Practice models

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; NEVADA; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84859406849     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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