Identifying the 'right patient': Nurse and consumer perspectives on verifying patient identity during medication administration

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 371-379

  Kelly, Teresa ^a,b   Roper, Cath ^b   Elsom, Stephen ^b   Gaskin, Cadeyrn ^c  

^a MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer perspective; Medication administration; Mental health; Patient identification; Psychiatric inpatient unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STANDARD;

DRUG THERAPY; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 80052476408     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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