Patient education and consumer medicine information: A study of provision by Queensland rural and remote area Registered Nurses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 855-862

  Hegney, Desley ^a   Plank, Ashley ^a   Watson, Jennifer ^b   Raith, Lisa ^a   McKeon, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced practice; Client medication; Education; Medications; Remote area nursing; Rural nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING AUDIT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 22544450519     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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