title: [Self medication in nursing].
abstract: The purpose of this article is to know the prevalence of self medication by nursing personnel, even those in hospitals and neighborhood primary attention health clinics, by means of an observational, descriptive, transversal design in the Barcelona area. Nurses and nurses' aides from two hospitals and eleven neighborhood primary attention health clinics participated in this study. The sample was random. Among nursing professionals, their first option, when a cold symptom appears, is self medication. A fine knowledge of pharmaceutical products by nurses leads to a correct use of these products. This will serve to correct and orientate the general population towards correct health care practices.
authors.affiliation: Hospital del Mar, Barcelona.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Borrajo Lama
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arribas Arribas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D012651:Self Medication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Automedicación en enfermería.