Nurse prescribing in glaucoma

Nurse prescribing in practice.

The President: Good evening everybody. This evening we have got a very important lecture and I am glad to see you have all come. Matt Griffiths is a Professor of Nurse Prescribing, or a visiting Professor. More substantially, he is a Senior Nurse with a long background in nursing, particularly in Accident and Emergency medicine, but most importantly from our point of view he is the Advisor to t...

Nurse prescribing in Poland

The aim of this study was to identify and examine the differences in opinions held by health care professionals and the general public concerning the right to administer and prescribe medication which has been awarded to nurses and midwives in Poland.The study was conducted from December 1, 2014 to July 1, 2015, in randomly selected primary health care clinics, among 2227 individuals, including...

Nurse prescribing in family planning.

A true story Recently a friend of mine (who was also a family planning patient for a while) forgot to take her combined oral contraceptive pill. As a busy detective sergeant in the Metropolitan police and scheduled to work a long weekend, she knew she would not have enough time to go home to take her pill before it became ‘overdue’. Both she and her partner were well motivated to use condoms if...

Prescribing patterns of nurse practitioners in Canada.

Nurse prescribing: reflections on safety in practice.

This qualitative study explores how recently qualified nurse prescribers describe, and rate, the safety of their prescribing. Internationally, the costs of drug errors are enormous and they can have serious implications for staff and patients. Nurses are now undertaking extended prescribing practice throughout the UK. Nurse prescribers work across different work settings and although safe presc...