Nurses' perceptions of and satisfaction with the medication administration system in long-term-care homes

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 58-79

  Kaasalainen, Sharon ^a   Agarwal, Gina ^a   Dolovich, Lisa ^a,b   Papaioannou, Alexandra ^a   Brazil, Kevin ^a,c   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Licensed nurses; Long term care; Medication management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO;

EID: 79952464383     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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