Opioid misuse is becoming an epidemic. Knowledge of nationally vetted standardized methods of pain assessment, safe treatment options and modalities, and follow-up evaluation for patients on opioids is essential for health care providers. This article outlines the current standards of care for pain management and safe opioid prescribing that are necessary for APRNs and other providers prescribi...

INTRODUCTION Approximately 30% of all outpatient antimicrobials are inappropriately prescribed. Currently, antimicrobial prescribing patterns in emergency departments (ED) are not well described. Determining inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing patterns and opportunities for interventions by antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) are needed. METHODS A retrospective chart review was perfo...

BACKGROUND In more than half of elderly chronically-ill family clinic attendees, drug prescribing deviates from the internationally acknowledged STOPP/START recommendations. Our study will determine whether it is possible to improve the quality of drug prescriptions in chronically-ill elderly people living at home by regularly monitoring the prescribed drugs according to STOPP/START criteria. ...

introduction: increasing microbial resistance to antibiotic medications are a common phenomenon in developing countries and development country. in this study, administration of correct, incorrect and inappropriate antibiotic in children under 7 years of age with gastroenteritis in the pediatric ward of imam reza (as) in the years 2012-2013 was performed bojnurd-iran. materials and methods: thi...

BACKGROUND Inappropriate medication use is a major healthcare issue for the elderly population. This study explored the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) in long-term care in metropolitan Quebec. METHODS A cross sectional chart review of 2,633 long-term care older patients of the Quebec City area was performed. An explicit criteria list for PIPs was developed based ...