Nurse practitioner prescribing practices: The most frequently prescribed medications

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 2053-2063

  Buckley, Thomas ^a   Cashin, Andrew ^b   Stuart, Meg ^c   Browne, Graeme ^b   Dunn, Sandra V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced practice; Medications; Nurse practitioner; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84878989940     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12086     Document Type: Article

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