How graduate nurses use protocols to manage patients' medications

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 8 A, 2005, Pages 935-944

  Manias, Elizabeth ^a   Aitken, Robyn ^a   Dunning, Trisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Graduate nurses; Interview; Observation; Protocol; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TEACHER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTORIA;

EID: 23944478932     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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