Prescribing the boundaries of nursing practice: Professional regulation and nurse prescribing

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-478

  Shepherd, Eileen ^a   Raferty, Anne Marie ^b   games, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nurse prescribing; Professional regulation; Scope of practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005396221     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136140969600100612     Document Type: Article

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