Employment of advanced-practice psychiatric nurses to stem rural mental health workforce shortages

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-111

  Hanrahan, Nancy P ^a   Hartley, David ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c Edmund S Muskie School of Public Service   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047686434     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.1.109     Document Type: Article

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