Can a nurse practitioner serve in the prescriber role on an assertive community treatment team?

American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-224

  Williams, Kara ^a   Kukla, Marina ^b   Bond, Gary R ^b   McKasson, Mike ^c   Salyers, Michelle P ^b  

^a Community Mental Health Center ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Adult Child Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Assertive community treatment; Fidelity scales; Medication management; Nurse practitioner; Prescriber privileges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; TEAMWORK;

EID: 71949118873     PISSN: 15487768     EISSN: 15487776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487760903066339     Document Type: Article

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