Designing, developing, and testing an app for parents being discharged early postnatally

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 794-802

  Danbjørg, Dorthe Boe ^a   Wagner, Lis ^a   Clemensen, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

App; Asynchronous communication; Communicating online; Postnatal care; Telemedicine; Timely information; Work processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911924249     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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