Using Implementation Science to Evaluate a Virtual Nursing Care Model in a Medical and Surgical Acute Care Setting.
Virtual nurses, experienced nurses who use technology to remotely direct patient care, are rapidly being introduced into acute care settings as part of the strategy to mitigate nursing shortages and burnout. We used an implementation science approach to evaluate the implementation outcomes of a pilo...
| Publicado en: | CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
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| Formato: | CEU research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jan2026
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