Policy-makers' views on impact of specialist and advanced practitioner roles in Ireland: The SCAPE study

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 410-422

  Begley, Cecily ^a   Murphy, Kathy ^b   Higgins, Agnes ^a   Cooney, Adeline ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Advanced practice; Clinical midwife specialist; Clinical nurse specialist; Nurse practitioners; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; LEADERSHIP; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84899924505     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12018     Document Type: Article

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