Informal role expansion in Australian mental health nursing

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-53

  Elsom, Stephen ^a   Happell, Brenda ^b   Manias, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community mental health nursing; Mental health services; Professional practice; Psychiatric nursing

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149348551     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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