Nurse Practitioners' Attitudes, Perceptions, and Knowledge About Antimicrobial Stewardship

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 370-376

  Abbo, Lilian ^a   Smith, Laura ^b   Pereyra, Margaret ^c   Wyckoff, Mary ^c   Hooton, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Antimicrobial Stewardship Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Attitudes; Electronic survey; Nurse practitioners; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860782409     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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