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The PEPE project: Trialling a German epilepsy education programme for english use

01 June 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Practice & Research

PEPE, a Psycho-Educative Programme about Epilepsy, was designed at the Bethel Institute in Germany to give information and support to people with learning disability...

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children: Part 1

01 July 2004

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

In conjunction with improved socio-economic conditions, medicinal drugs continue to have a positive contribution to the lives and well-being of children. However,...

Changes to medicines legislation

29 July 2012

Primary Health Care

A&S Science

This article summarises changes to legislation which allow appropriately trained nurses and pharmacists to prescribe controlled drugs.

Mental health nurse prescribing: Part 2

01 June 2001

Mental Health Practice

News feature

Over the course of the past two decades in the USA, some nurses have been exposed to a paradigm shift in the management and treatment of patients with mental health...

Nurse prescribing in addiction services:client benefits

15 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Recent changes to prescribing regulations mean that nurse independent prescribers and supplementary prescribers are now able to prescribe any licensed medicine for...

Nurse prescribing in addiction services: client benefits

09 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Recent changes to prescribing regulations mean that nurse independent prescribers and supplementary prescribers are now able to prescribe any licensed medicine for...

Prescribing and medicines management in older people

01 September 2013

Nursing Older People

CPD

The aim of this article is to explore prescribing and medicines management in older people. The author discusses the physiological changes that occur as people age...

Antibiotic therapy

01 November 1999

Emergency Nurse

CPD

The nurse’s role in the administration of antibiotics involves more than just giving medication to patients. Sue Jordan and Mike Tait describe how antibiotics work,...

Hand-foot syndrome: exploring the provision of information for patients

01 April 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

This article explores the literature on hand-foot syndrome (HFS), a potentially painful side effect of chemotherapy that can have a serious negative effect on...

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia: a phenomenological study

13 September 2008

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Breast cancer accounts for 16 per cent of all cancers in females. The treatment regimen is complex and almost half of all women with breast cancer undergo...