A systematic review of the effectiveness of advanced practice nurses in long-term care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2148-2161

  Donald, Faith ^a   Martin Misener, Ruth ^b   Carter, Nancy ^c   Donald, Erin E ^d   Kaasalainen, Sharon ^c   Wickson Griffiths, Abigail ^c   Lloyd, Monique ^e   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^c   Dicenso, Alba ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^e Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nurses; Clinical nurse specialists; Long term care; Nurse practitioners; Nursing homes; Outcome assessment; Quantitative systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; REVIEW;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884207606     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12140     Document Type: Review

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