A nurse's guide to mental health assessment reference sources.
1. As the research base on psychological testing has proliferated across various disciplines, a comprehensive review of the testing literature is recommended. 2. In researching literature on psychological tests, nurses need to rely on traditional print as well as electronic databases and Internet sites. 3. In reviewing test items or in using a test, nurses need to be aware of test-user qualifications and publisher copyright restrictions.
Perdue
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John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514, USA.
Piotrowski
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D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D011581:Psychological Tests