Student experiences of medicines management training and education

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 291-298

  Hemingway, Steve ^a   Stephenson, John ^a   Allmark, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medicines administration; Medicines management; Pharmacology; Statistical analysis; Student midwives; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952519795     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.5.291     Document Type: Article

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