Emergency nurse practitioners' perceptions of their role and scope of practice: Is it advanced practice?

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 76-83

  McConnell, Donna ^a   Slevin, Oliver D ^a   McIlfatrick, Sonja J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC)   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accident and Emergency; Advanced Nurse Practitioner; Advanced nursing practice; Emergency nurse practitioner; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84876810313     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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