Nurse practitioner prescribing practice in Australia

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-155

  Dunn, Sandra V ^a   Cashin, Andrew ^b   Buckley, Thomas ^c   Newman, Claire ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legislation; Mental health; Nurse practitioners; Practice models; Prescribing; Prisoners; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950601875     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2009.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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