BACKGROUND Literature has shown that computerized creatinine clearance alerts reduce errors during prescribing, and applying human factors principles may further reduce errors. Our objective was to apply human factors principles to creatinine clearance alert design and assess whether the redesigned alerts increase usability and reduce prescribing errors compared with the original alerts. METH...

BACKGROUND Protected learning time (PLT) schemes have been set up in primary care across the UK. There is little published evidence of their effectiveness. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of a PLT intervention for general practice to increase prescribing of ramipril for prevention of cardiovascular outcomes. DESIGN Quasi-experimental, interrupted time series. SETTING Lincolnshire, UK....

BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines are often prescribed long-term inappropriately. We aimed to systematically review and meta-synthesise qualitative studies exploring clinicians' experiences and perceptions of benzodiazepine prescribing to build an explanatory model of processes underlying current prescribing practices. METHODS We searched seven electronic databases for qualitative studies in Western...

Susan Knight is Wound Care Specialist Nurse, Community Health Buckinghamshire, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross Hospital With the advent of nurse prescribing, nurses now prescribe the majority of wound care products in the community, gaining greater responsibility for providing cost-effective evidence-based care. An enhanced understanding of how dressings interact with the normal continuum of wound...

Does untreated cancer equal death? Does having a registered nurse versus a licensed practical nurse versus a medical assistant affect diabetes quality outcomes? Do physicians caring for stressed patients experience vicarious traumatic stress? Oregon presents an operationalized definition of a patient-centered medical home for their state. Lots of important clinical topics in family medicine--ad...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To obtain information about the knowledge and attitudes of oncology nurse practitioners (ONPs) concerning the effect of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription medications on prescribing patterns. DESIGN Exploratory survey. SETTING Oncology Nursing Society Nurse Practitioner Special Interest Group members in the United States. SAMPLE 221 of 376 ONPs complet...

BACKGROUND Prescribing represents a new aspect of practice for nurses. To make qualitative results more accessible to clinicians, researchers, and policy makers, individuals are urged to synthesize findings from related studies. Therefore this study aimed to aggregate and interpret existing literature review and systematic studies to obtain new insights on nurse prescription. METHODS This was...