Impact of nursing care in Australian general practice on the quality of care: A pilot of the Patient Enablement and Satisfaction Survey (PESS)

Collegian

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-214

  Desborough, Jane ^a   Phillips, Christine ^b   Banfield, Michelle ^c   Bagheri, Nasser ^a   Mills, Jane ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Patient enablement; Patient satisfaction; Practice nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930441365     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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