Prescribing by mental health nurses: The UK perspective

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-35

  Hemingway, Steve ^a   Ely, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health nursing; Nurse prescribing; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 58149357487     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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