An overview of the outcomes and impact of specialist and advanced nursing and midwifery practice, on quality of care, cost and access to services: A narrative review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 56, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-40

  Casey, Mary ^a   O'Connor, Laserina ^a   Cashin, Andrew ^b   Smith, Rita ^a   O'Brien, Denise ^a   Nicholson, Emma ^a   O'Leary, Denise ^a   Fealy, Gerard ^a   McNamara, Martin ^a   Glasgow, Mary Ellen ^c   Stokes, Diarmuid ^a   Egan, Claire ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Advanced nursing and midwifery practice; PICO framework; Synthesis; Systematic rapid review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MIDWIFE; NARRATIVE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYNTHESIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85021124298     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.06.004     Document Type: Review

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