Nurse prescribing as an aspect of future role expansion: The views of Irish clinical nurse specialists

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 813-820

  Lockwood, Emily B ^a   Fealy, Gerard M ^b  

^a WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ireland; Medication management; Nurse specialist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 54049110011     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2008.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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