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Descriptor English: Family Nurse Practitioners
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermeras de Familia
Descriptor enfermeras de familia
Entry term(s) enfermeras practicantes de familia
enfermeros de familia
personal de enfermería de familia
Scope note: Personal de enfermería titulado y graduado, que atiende a pacientes de todas los niveles de edad y que centran sus esfuerzos en las necesidades de atención en salud de la familia en su totalidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermeiras de Saúde da Família
Descriptor French: Infirmières praticiennes familiales
Entry term(s): Family Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner, Family
Nurse Practitioners, Family
Tree number(s): M01.526.485.650.640.249
N02.360.650.640.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064703
Scope note: Registered nurses with graduate degrees in nursing who provide care to patients of all age levels, and who focus their efforts on the health care needs of the entire family.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Nurse Practitioners (1973-2013)
Public Health Nursing (1965-1973)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55446
Unique ID: D064703
NLM Classification: WY 128
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Family Nurse Practitioners - Preferred
Concept UI M0583079
Scope note Registered nurses with graduate degrees in nursing who provide care to patients of all age levels, and who focus their efforts on the health care needs of the entire family.
Preferred term Family Nurse Practitioners
Entry term(s) Family Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner, Family
Nurse Practitioners, Family



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