Practice nurses and the care of patients receiving depot neuroleptic treatment: Views on training, confidence and use of structured assessment

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1454-1461

  Millar, Elaine ^a   Garland, Carol ^a   Ross, Fiona ^a   Kendrick, Tony ^a   Burns, Tom ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Knowledge of severe and enduring mental illness; Management of depot neuroleptic medication; Practice nurse

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033144498     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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