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Nurse prescribing in Polish nurses’ opinions. A comparative study between 2016 and 2021

Anna Bartosiewicz
1
,
Jerzy Krukowski
2, 3
,
Agnieszka Zalas
4, 5

  1. Faculty of Health Sciences and Psychology, Collegium Medicum, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
  2. Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
  3. Palium Foundation, Chojnice, Poland
  4. Department of Nursing, University of Management in Czestochowa, Poland
  5. Association of Hospice Care of the Czestochowa Region, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2025; 27(2): 153–158
Online publish date: 2025/06/27
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