Descriptive study of nursing scope of practice in rural medically underserved areas of Africa, South of the Sahara

• Main Authors: Marycelina Msuya (Author), Jane Blood-Siegfried (Author), Juliet Chugulu (Author), Paulo Kidayi (Author), John Sumaye (Author), Rogathe Machange (Author), Christina Chuki Mtuya (Author), Katherine Pereira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aims: The aims of this study are to describe the scope of "non-nursing duties" carried out by nurses, in rural low-resource regions of Tanzania, and describe how the role of nurses is viewed in their communities. Background: More than 70% of Tanzanians live in rural areas. Nurses are more...