Use of Pro Re Nata Medications in Acute Inpatient Care
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 42 (4), 283-292
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00048670701881553
Abstract
Objectives: Available evidence suggests that the use of ‘as needed’ (PRN; from the Latin pro re nata: for an occasion that has arisen) medications has remained ...Keywords
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