Medication Administration by Enrolled Nurses: Opinions of Nurses in an Australian Healthcare Organization

Nursing Forum

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 203-209

  Kerr, Debra ^a   Lu, Sai ^a   Mill, Douglas ^b   Mckinlay, Louise ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Western Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enrolled nurse; Medication administration; Medication endorsement; Medication error; Registered nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PRACTICAL NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING, PRACTICAL;

EID: 84868658167     PISSN: 00296473     EISSN: 17446198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2012.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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