The impact of nurse practitioners on care delivery in the emergency department: A multiple perspectives qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Julie ^a   Westbrook, Johanna ^a   Callen, Joanne ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84884314011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-356     Document Type: Article

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