Exploring the impact of mental health nurse prescribing.
To illuminate the process of developing a research proposal this article explains the rationale behind the research question: What is the impact of mental health nurse prescribing in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde? It then goes on to defend the chosen methodology by considering the virtue of alternatives. It concludes that if the study is as timely, pertinent and sound as it appears it could provide very useful primary data in a research poor area.
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Austyn W A
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Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires