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Medicines adherence

This article, published in Advances in Kidney Disease and Health, outlines an umbrella review, which looked at levels of adherence to medications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)..

Maintaining prescribing competence

Welcome to this June issue of the Journal of Prescribing Practice. As prescribers, you know you need to stay up to date, look at guidance and keep an eye out for new medicines.

Tafamidis use in amyloid cardiomyopathy

This study, published in the journal Cardiology and Therapy, sought to determine real-world prescribing patterns of tafamidis with respect to patient characteristics and persistency. Using a...

Antibiotic prescribing

This article, published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, was a systematic review to garner health professionals' knowledge and attitudes of antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract...

Controlled drug prescribing

Welcome to this April issue of the Journal of Prescribing Practice. Recently, in a lecture around legal aspects of prescribing there was a discussion on classifications of controlled drugs and why...

Prescribing in patients with allergic rhinitis

This article, published in the journal Allergo Journal International, used a literature review methodology to examine the available evidence in many online databases around treatment options for...

Prescribing in patients with diabetes

This article, published in the New Zealand Journal of Primary Healthcare, sought to undertake a review of the literature about the impact of nurse prescribing on the delivery of healthcare services...

Safety in prescribing

Welcome to this February issue of the Journal of Prescribing Practice.

Anticipatory prescribing

This article, published in the BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, is a systematic review of the evidence concerning the anticipatory prescribing of injectable medications in an adult population since...

Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis therapy

This article, published in the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, sought to understand the knowledge, attitudes and prescribing habits of clinicians in primary care around the prescribing...

Effective medicines optimisation

Winter is very much upon us, and I know there is the usual increased pressure in many areas, with influenza and winter vomiting virus doing the rounds. This pressure to deal with acute situations can...

Prescribing cascades

This research, published in the Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety sought to implement a high-throughput signal detection programme using a sequence symmetry analysis to identify...

Prescribing in cancer care

This article, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, sought to review the evidence surrounding nurse and pharmacist review of patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT).

A place for all prescribers in healthcare

It's the start of yet another academic year and there is no shortage of students of all kinds: the eager-faced pre-registration nurses for all fields of practice, undergraduate allied health...

Nurse prescribing: a global perspective

This study, published in the Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, aimed to explore nurses' readiness to prescribe under supervision. It further sought to identify any association between the prescribing...

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