Hepatitis C virus infection in primary care: Survey of registered nurses' knowledge and access to information

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-339

  Frazer, Kate ^a   Glacken, Michele ^b   Coughlan, Barbara ^a   Staines, Anthony ^c   Daly, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b St Angela's College   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Hepatitis C virus infection; Nurse practitioners; Primary health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 78651433133     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05489.x     Document Type: Article

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