Policy Implications for Optimizing Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Use Nationally

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-89

  Newhouse, Robin P ^a   Weiner, Jonathan P ^b   Stanik Hutt, Julie ^c   White, Kathleen M ^c   Johantgen, Meg ^a   Steinwachs, Don ^b   Zangaro, George ^d   Aldebron, Jillian ^f   Bass, Eric B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

advanced nursing practice; health care quality; nursing health care workforce issues; outcomes measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867274555     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154412456299     Document Type: Article

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