Nurse prescribing, nurse education and related research in the United Kingdom: A review of the literature

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 420-427

  Banning, Maggi ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied pharmacology and therapeutics; Competence to prescribe; Nurse education; Nurse prescribing

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; PHARMACOLOGY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTRATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 4344681186     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2004.05.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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