The Activity Profile of Home Nurses: A Systematic Review

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 257-265

  De Vliegher, Kristel ^a,b   Declercq, Anja ^a   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Gosset, Christiane ^c   Heyden, Isabelle ^c   Moons, Philip ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Medical Nursing Department   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

activity profile; home nurses daily practice; home nurses work; home nursing; primary care; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908545990     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: 15526739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822314527293     Document Type: Review

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