Australian registered and enrolled nurses: Is there a difference?

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-307

  Jacob, Elisabeth ^a   Sellick, Kenneth ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Enrolled nurse; Registered nurse; Roles; Supervision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; NURSE;

AUSTRALIA; NURSES;

EID: 84861476907     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2012.02037.x     Document Type: Article

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