Resident and family perceptions of the nurse practitioner role in long term care settings: A qualitative descriptive study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ploeg, Jenny ^a   Kaasalainen, Sharon ^a   McAiney, Carrie ^a,b   Martin Misener, Ruth ^c,d   Donald, Faith ^d,e   Wickson Griffiths, Abigail ^a   Carter, Nancy ^a,d   Sangster Gormley, Esther ^f   Schindel Martin, Lori ^e   Brazil, Kevin ^g   Taniguchi, Alan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family members; Long term care; Nurse practitioner; Perceptions; Person centred care; Qualitative descriptive; Residents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884663299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-12-24     Document Type: Article

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