Primary care drug therapy training: The solution for PHC nurses? KEY WORDS Primary Health Care Primary Care Drug Therapy Primary Health Care Nurse Essential drugs Primary Health Care training Nursing Pharmacology Competency-based training
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The priority of the National Health Sys tem in South Africa is primary health care (PHC). The approach involves a health system led by PHC services and includes personal and curative services for acute minor ailments delivered by PHC nurses. The nurses are also re sponsible for the treatment of these ail ments with essential drugs according to protocols as proposed in the Essen tial Drugs List. A before-after experi mental research design was used to evaluate the effect of a competencybased prim ary care drug therapy (PCDT) training programme for PHC nurses in the treatment of acute minor ailments. An experimental group (n=35) and control group (n=31) consisting of registered nurses undergoing training in PHC at Gold Fields Nursing College were randomly selected. The results showed a significant increase in pre scribing outcomes and medicine utilisa tion.
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