Application of pharmacology knowledge in medication management by final year undergraduate nursing students

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-19

  Honey, Michelle ^a   Lim, Anecita Gigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Application of theory to practice; Medication management; Pharmacology; Undergraduate student nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PHARMACOLOGY;

DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHARMACOLOGY; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 59749103714     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.30.1.12     Document Type: Article

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