The role of the community mental health nurse in the administration of depot neuroleptic medication: 'Not just the needle nurse!'

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 254-260

  Muir Cochrane, Eimear Caitlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community mental health nursing; Depot medication; Neuroleptics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORK;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032227082     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.1998.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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