Benefits and challenges of nurse prescribing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 559-567

  While, Alison E ^a   Biggs, Kathryn S M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Crawley Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District nurses; Formulary; Health visitors; Nurse prescribing; Role change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; NURSING; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1842558675     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02948.x     Document Type: Review

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