Prescriptive authority and barriers to np practice

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 28-35

  Kaplan, Louise ^a   Brown, Marie Annette ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DRUG CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, NURSING; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; WASHINGTON;

EID: 2142699666     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200403000-00004     Document Type: Article

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