Nurse prescribing of medicines in Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries: A survey on forces, conditions and jurisdictional control

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1002-1012

  Kroezen, Marieke ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a,b   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,c   van Dijk, Liset ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug prescriptions; Nurses; Physician nurse relations; Physicians; Professional practice; Professional role

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

AUSTRALASIA; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, NURSING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 84863999066     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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