An evaluation of a Diabetes Specialist Nurse prescriber on the system of delivering medicines to patients with diabetes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1635-1644

  Carey, Nicola ^a   Courtenay, Molly ^a   James, June ^b   Hills, Mimi ^b   Roland, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Medication error; Medication system; Nurse prescribing; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COST SAVINGS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 43849111686     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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