Revisiting Scope of Practice Facilitators and Barriers for Primary Care Nurse Practitioners: A Qualitative Investigation

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-15

  Poghosyan, Lusine ^a   Nannini, Angela ^b   Smaldone, Arlene ^a   Clarke, Sean ^c   O'Rourke, Nancy C ^d   Rosato, Barbara G ^e   Berkowitz, Bobbie ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced nursing practice; nursing health care workforce issues; regulation of nursing practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING/HEALTH-CARE WORKFORCE ISSUES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGULATION OF NURSING PRACTICE; UNITED STATES; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING/HEALTH-CARE WORKFORCE ISSUES; REGULATION OF NURSING PRACTICE;

ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883178593     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154413480889     Document Type: Article

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