The psychotropic education and knowledge test for nurses in nursing homes: striving for PEAK performance

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1182-1189

  Perehudoff, Katrina ^a   Azermai, Majda ^b   Wauters, Maarten ^b   Van Acker, Sandra ^c,d   Versluys, Karen ^a   Steeman, Els ^c,e   Petrovic, Mirko ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Instituut voor Verpleegkunde Sint Vincentius   (Belgium)

^e AZ Nikolaas   (Belgium)

Author keywords

clinical education; nurses; nursing homes; pharmacology

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937828465     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1068738     Document Type: Article

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