How Much Do ED Patients Know About Medication Prescribed for Them on Discharge? A Pilot Study in Turkey

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bulut, Hulya ^a   Tanrikulu, Gulay ^a   Dal, Ümran ^b   Kapucu, Sevgisun ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Knowledge; Medication; Nursing

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 84877610963     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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