Nurse-led ED support for Residential Aged Care Facility staff: An evaluation study

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 190-196

  Conway, Jane ^a   Higgins, Isabel ^b   Hullick, Carolyn ^c   Hewitt, Jacqueline ^c   Dilworth, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Health services for the aged; Nursing homes; Nursing roles; Older people; Service redesign; Telephone support

Indexed keywords

GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOTLINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HOTLINES; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84926455462     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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