Alabama's nurse monitoring programs: The nurse's experience of being monitored

Journal of Addictions Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 142-149

  Fogger, Susanne Astrab ^a   McGuinness, Teena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Nurses; Recovery; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849111338     PISSN: 10884602     EISSN: 15487148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10884600903078928     Document Type: Article

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