Identifying and treating pica

Affiliations

¹ Dita Adhikari is an RN at UC Davis Medical Center and an MSN student at Sacramento State. Hyun Ah "Esther" Oh is an RN in Northern California. Dr. Parsh is a professor at Sacramento State School of Nursing and a member of the Nursing2023 editorial board.

Dita Adhikari et al. Nursing. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 1;53(7):11-12.

doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000936780.65756.90.

¹ Dita Adhikari is an RN at UC Davis Medical Center and an MSN student at Sacramento State. Hyun Ah "Esther" Oh is an RN in Northern California. Dr. Parsh is a professor at Sacramento State School of Nursing and a member of the Nursing2023 editorial board.

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