Practice makes perfect: Emergency contraception

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 22-24

  Godding, Joy ^a  

^a Ludlow Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SEX EDUCATION;

EID: 48449096061     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2008.07.16.4.22.c6605     Document Type: Article

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