Effective Strategies for Achieving Scope of Practice Reform in Pennsylvania

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 99-109

  Carthon, J Margo Brooks ^a   Wiltse Nicely, Kelly ^a   Altares Sarik, Danielle ^a   Fairman, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

legislation (state); nurse practitioner; political participation; regulation of nursing practice

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; GRASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LAW; NONHUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PENNSYLVANIA; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NURSE ATTITUDE; STANDARDS;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 84988602659     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154416660700     Document Type: Article

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