Nurse prescribing in mental health: National survey

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 487-493

  Dobel Ober, D ^a   Brimblecombe, N ^a   Bradley, E ^a  

^a Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; England; Implementation; Mental health nurse; Non medical prescribing; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954487035     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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