Advanced nursing roles: A systematic review

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-431

  Jokiniemi, Krista ^a,b   Pietilä, Anna Maija ^a   Kylmä, Jari ^c   Haatainen, Kaisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse consultant; Clinical nurse specialist; Literature review; Nurse consultant; Nursing; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; WORK;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JOB DESCRIPTION; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84865992425     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00704.x     Document Type: Review

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