The evolution of nursing in Australian general practice: A comparative analysis of workforce surveys ten years on

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^b   Davidson, Patricia M ^c   Kaur, Rajneesh ^d   Young, Samantha A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Nursing workforce; Office nurse; Practice nurse; Primary care, Australia; Survey

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84898421252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-52     Document Type: Article

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