Nurse delegation in home care: Research guiding policy change

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 7-15

  Young, Heather M ^a   Farnham, Jennifer ^b   Reinhard, Susan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; NEW JERSEY; NURSE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NURSING STAFF; PILOT PROJECTS; POLICY MAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990852179     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20160811-04     Document Type: Article

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