The role of the named nurse in long-term settings

Nursing Older People

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 26-29

  Mitchell, Gary ^a   Strain, Joanne ^a  

^a Four Seasons Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Hospitals; Long term care; Named nurse; Nursing homes; Residents

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84929896224     PISSN: 14720795     EISSN: 20478941     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nop.27.3.26.e679     Document Type: Article

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