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Knowledge skills of the home healthcare nurse
Home Healthcare Nurse
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
As nurses make the transition from acute care settings to home care, it is important to understand their learning needs so that effective orientation and staff-development programs can be planned. This study identifies the knowledge and skills most needed by home care nurses by surveying nurses who currently practice in the field.
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