Interchangeability of Licensed Nurses in Nursing Homes: Perspectives of Directors of Nursing

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 560-569

  Mueller, Christine ^a   Duan, Yinfei ^a   Vogelsmeier, Amy ^b   Anderson, Ruth ^c   McConnell, Eleanor ^d   Corazzini, Kirsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Director of nursing; Interchangeability; Licensed nurses; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PERCEPTION; RESIDENT; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; WORK; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE; MEDICAL DIRECTOR; MINNESOTA; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES; MINNESOTA; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES;

EID: 85055023092     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2018.09.004     Document Type: Article

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