Australian mental health nurses' attitudes to role expansion

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-107

  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

Attitudes; Community mental health; Expanded practice; Nursing; Scope of practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 63849281428     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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