Caring for homecare: A mixed methods analysis of the current and future role of home nurses
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Introduction The financial constraints and the shift of care from the hospital to the homecare setting challenges home nursing to provide care to sicker patients than in the past, to perform more intensive and technically complex nursing activities at home, and to think about a more efficient and effective use of the current home nursing staff. A mixed-method analysis was performed to understand the impact of these evolutions in home nursing in general and on the current and future role of home nurses.
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دوره 73 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015