Nurses', midwives' and key stakeholders' experiences and perceptions of a scope of nursing and midwifery practice framework

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1227-1237

  Casey, Mary ^a   Fealy, Gerard ^a   Kennedy, Catriona ^b   Hegarty, Josephine ^c   Prizeman, Geraldine ^a   Mcnamara, Martin ^a   O'Reilly, Pauline ^b   Brady, Anne Marie ^d   Rohde, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Experiences; Framework; Midwifery; Nursing; Professional practice; Qualitative research; Scope of practice; Stakeholder; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MIDWIFE; NURSE MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84929504684     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12603     Document Type: Article

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