Communication between office-based primary care providers and nurses working within patients' homes: An analysis of process data from CAPABLE

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 454-462

  Smith, Patrick D ^a   Boyd, Cynthia ^b,c   Bellantoni, Julia ^d   Roth, Jill ^e   Becker, Kathleen L ^e   Savage, Jessica ^e   Nkimbeng, Manka ^e   Szanton, Sarah L ^b,e  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Elders; Home health; Nursing; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955620701     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13073     Document Type: Article

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