Precribing by specialist nurses in cancer and palliative care: Results of a national survey

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-277

  Ryan Woolley, Bernadette M ^a   McHugh, Greti A ^a   Luker, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nurse prescribing; Palliative care; Specialist nurses; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ROLE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PRESCRIPTION; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 34447620130     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307079047     Document Type: Article

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