BACKGROUND Ageing has become a worldwide reality and presents new challenges for the health-care system. Research has shown that potentially inappropriate prescribing, both potentially inappropriate medications and potentially prescribing omissions, is highly prevalent in older people, especially in the nursing home setting. The presence of potentially inappropriate medications/potentially pres...

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT Prescribing errors are common and are caused by multiple factors. Standard medication charts have been recommended by British and Australian Health services. A study of a standard medication chart in five hospitals in one state of Australia significantly reduced prescribing errors. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS A standard medication chart developed in one area ...

BACKGROUND The Stemming the Tide of Antibiotic Resistance (STAR) Educational Program aims to enhance the quality of antibiotic prescribing and raise awareness about antibiotic resistance among general medical practitioners. It consists of a seven part, theory-based blended learning program that includes online reflection on clinicians' own practice, presentation of research evidence and guideli...

Prescribing errors are a well recognised cause of adverse incidents and have a direct effect on patients.[1] This impacts on the doctor-family relationship and results in breakdown of trust and communication.[2] This quality improvement project was carried out in the paediatric ward of a district general hospital in Northern Ireland. A retrospective analysis of paediatric prescribing errors bet...

377. Impact of an Educational Intervention to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in a Pediatric Urgent Care Centers (UCC) Gina Weddle, DNP, RN, CPNP; Angela Myers, MD, MPH; Jason Newland, MD; Jennifer Goldman, MD; J. Christopher Day, MD; Leslie Stach, PharmD, BCPS; Diana Yu, PharmD, BCPS; Infectious Disease, The Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kc, MO; Children’s Mercy Hospi...

303 Job satisfaction and occupational stress among general prac.tioners a pilot study Peter J. Makin, Usharani Rout and Cary L. Cooper 307 General practitioner obstetrics: does risk prediction work? J.L. Reynolds, P.L. Yudkin and M.J. V. Bull 311 Psychiatric screening in general practice: comparison of the general health questionnaire and the hospital anxiety depression scale M.J.B. Wilkinson a...

General practitioners have been encouraged to target patients with coronary heart disease for secondary prevention, but putting this into practice has proven challenging. However, there is now evidence of the benefits from nurse led clinics in primary care. Randomised trials have shown that such clinics can lead to improvement in both medical and lifestyle components of secondary prevention. Th...

Academic training leading to prescriptive authority is compared among psychiatric nurse practitioners, physicians, and pharmacologically trained psychologists. Statistics are presented on the relative emphasis that programs serving each discipline place on the preparation of their respective students in academic and clinical content areas that are relevant to the prescribing of psychoactive med...