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Making the best of a bad situation

19 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

I am compelled to write in response to Ms Dimon’s letter Time to stand up and fight for nursing’, (Letters July 22).

NPs out in the cold?

09 February 2000

Nursing Standard

Editorial

Mark Jones' editorial on the Crown II review of prescribing (Frustrated prescribing, Journal of the RCN Nurse Practitioner Association Issue 1) fails to address a...

Independent and supplementary prescribing and PGDs

31 August 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Types of prescribing for non-medical staff are discussed and clarifications made regarding the current overlap in six forms of prescribing and administration of...

Patient group directions

01 February 2009

Primary Health Care

Letter

Dear Editor In the recent article on homely remedies (PHC 2008, 18, 10, 23-27), the authors state that patient group directions (PGDs) cannot be used to supply or...

Physical examination procedures

01 September 2011

Primary Health Care

Book Review

A WEALTH of information is contained in this slim volume which represents excellent value for money. There is a chapter for each body system with a checklist of...

Diagnosis and prescribing

01 June 2001

Primary Health Care

General

The recent announcement on the extension of nurse prescribing (DoH 2001) has confirmed that the present formulary will be expanded considerably, as will the range of...

Pneumococcal vaccine in general practice

22 July 1998

Nursing Standard

Clinical

Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality in the UK and its incidence appears to be on the increase(Azkenazy et al1995) . It...

Developing a patient group direction for use in primary care

01 February 2001

Primary Health Care

General

Group protocols have been used by nurses to administer prescription only medications without an individual prescription from a doctor for many years. However, the...

Prescription only

01 July 2004

Primary Health Care

Analysis

Nationally there are now over 25,000 district nurse/health visitor prescribers, 2,000 extended formulary nurse prescribers and 1,400 supplementary prescribers...