Does the "office nurse" level of training matter in the family medicine office?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 854-861

  Erickson, Rodney A ^a   Erickson, Richard A ^b   Targonski, Paul V ^c   Cox, Stephen B ^b   Deming, James R ^a   Mold, James W ^d  

^a Mayo Clinic Health System   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing; Patient care team; Performance; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING COMPETENCE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRODUCTIVITY; REGISTERED NURSE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84869211952     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.110138     Document Type: Article

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