CRNA prescribing practices: The Washington State experience

AANA Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-29

  Kaplan, Louise ^a   Brown, Marie Annette ^b   Simonson, Dan ^c  

^a American Nurses Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Spokane Eye Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled substances; CRNA workforce; Nurse anesthetists; Prescribing practices; Prescriptive authority

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NURSE ANESTHETIST; NURSE PRACTICE ACT; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 79551584069     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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