Communication barriers that affect medication adherence in patients with learning disabilities

Drug breakdown: Alendronic acid

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Drug Breakdown: Dexamethasone

Day 1: After large-scale production of cortisone was enabled in the 1950s, more cortisol derivatives were discovered, such as #dexamethasone in 1957. Long acting and more potent, #dexamethasone has...

Non-medical prescribing in primary care in the United Kingdom: an overview of the current literature

The primary focus of the research in NMP to date has been on its impact on patients, practitioners and organisations (Courtenay et al, 2018; Carey et al, 2020). Other studies have identified...

Drug breakdown and Continued professional developement: Memantine

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Drug breakdown: Ciprofloxacin

Day 1: A by-product of chloroquine synthesis, quinolone antibiotics were discovered in the early 1960s. Already broad spectrum, the addition of chemical groups such as fluorine led to the 2nd...

Calculation Skills: keeping it simple

Try the following drug calculations and remember that Sir Isaac Newton [1643-1727] once said ‘Truth [the answer] is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of...

Remote consultations, prescribing and virtual teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

Before the pandemic, the modernisation of the NHS included digitalisation and the use of remote consultations (NHS UK, 2019; Welsh Government, 2019; NHS Digital, 2020). There had been a slow but...

Drug breakdown: Rivaroxaban

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A newly qualified physiotherapist non-medical prescriber in the pandemic

Throughout my training, and as a newly qualified NMP, I was fortunate to work closely with a multidisciplinary team of consultants and nurse specialists in the specialty of rheumatology, all of whom...

Achieving and maintaining competency as a nurse independent non-medical prescriber

‘Prescribing by a practitioner (eg doctor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist) responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions and for decisions about the...