The Hospice and Palliative Care Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Workforce: Results of a National Survey

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 349-357

  Pawlow, Patricia ^a   Dahlin, Constance ^b   Doherty, Caroline L ^b   Ersek, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice registered nurses; hospice; nursing education; nursing workforce; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REGISTERED NURSE; ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKFORCE;

EID: 85050143032     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000449     Document Type: Article

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