Nurse prescribing by children's nurses: Views of doctors and clinical leads in one specialist children's hospital

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2668-2675

  Courtenay, Molly ^a   Carey, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children and young people; Hospital doctors; Nurse prescribing; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE'S ROLE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 68949136570     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02799.x     Document Type: Article

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