2012 Beers Criteria Update: How Should Practicing Nurses Use the Criteria?

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 253-255

  Resnick, Barbara ^a   Fick, Donna M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864350048     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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