Nurse students' medication competence - An integrative review of the associated factors

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-405

  Sulosaari, Virpi ^a   Kajander, Satu ^a   Hupli, Maija ^a   Huupponen, Risto ^a   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Integrative review; Medication competence; Medication skills; Nurse student

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84859639380     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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