Deriving consensus on the characteristics of advanced practice nursing: Meta-summary of more than 2 decades of research

Nursing Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-128

  Hutchinson, Marie ^a   East, Leah ^b   Stasa, Helen ^c   Jackson, Debra ^d  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

advanced practice nursing; clinical nurse specialist; meta summary; nurse consultant

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING RESEARCH;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 84897765306     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000021     Document Type: Article

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