An ethnographic study exploring the role of ward-based Advanced Nurse Practitioners in an acute medical setting

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1579-1588

  Williamson, Susan ^a   Twelvetree, Timothy ^b   Thompson, Jacqueline ^c   Beaver, Kinta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced Nurse Practitioners; Ethnography; Participant observation; Skill mix; Specialist nurses

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84863416187     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05970.x     Document Type: Article

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