Nurse practitioner roles in Australian healthcare settings

Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 28-35

  Lowe, Grainne ^a   Plummer, Virginia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended practice; Extended roles; Nurse practitioner; Policy; Role barriers; Role clarity; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877143123     PISSN: 13545760     EISSN: 20478976     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nm2013.05.20.2.28.e1062     Document Type: Article

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