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Practice Nursing in Australia: Whose Responsibility?

  • Elizabeth Patterson, RN PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing & Midwifery, Griffith University, Queensland
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  • Elizabeth Halcomb, RN, PhD BN(Hons)

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales
    • ,
  • Patricia Davidson, RN, PhD FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia

References 

  1. Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing. Nursing in general practice. Retrieved from http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/Publishing.nsf/Content/health-pcd-programs-nursing-index.htm
  2. Keleher H , Joyce C , Parker R , Piterman L . Practice nurses in Australia: Current issues and future directions . Medical Journal of Australia . 2007;187(2):108–110
  3. Halcomb E , Patterson E , Davidson P . Evolution of practice nursing in Australia . Journal of Advanced Nursing . 2006;53(3):376–390
  4. Halcomb, E. (2006). Carving a niche for Australian practice nurses in chronic heart failure management”. PhD thesis, Australia: University of Western Sydney.
  5. Pascoe T , Foley E , Hutchinson R , Watts I , Whitecross L , Snowdon T . The changing face of nurses in Australian general practice . Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing . 2005;23(1):44–50
  6. Patterson, E.A. (2000) Primary health care nursing: A case study of practice nurses. PhD thesis, Australia: Griffith University.
  7. Woodard V . Comment on Halcomb E, Patterson E & Davidson P. Evolution of practice nursing in Australia . Journal of Advanced Nursing . 2006;53(3):388–390
  8. World Health Organisation (2003). The World Health Report 2003 – shaping the future. Retrieved from www.who.int/whr/2003/en/

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doi: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60563-6

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