What is a nurse? Is there an international consensus?

International Nursing Review

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Currie, E J ^a   Carr Hill, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health Services Research; Health Systems Reform; Nursing; Nursing Classification; Nursing Roles; Recruitment and Retention; Skill Mix; Workforce Issues; Workforce Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; STANDARD; WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONSENSUS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84873998090     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2012.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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