Radiographer non-medical prescribing: independence and implications for practice

The NMP initiative dates back to 1986 and was primarily intended for community nurses (DHSS, 1986; DHSS, 1992; DoH, 1999). The potential for extending prescribing rights to include other health care...

Negligence and prescribing

The plaintiff must first establish that the defendant owed them a legal duty of care. In medical negligence, the existence of a duty owed to the patient is usually regarded as automatic, even if the...

Calculations in excipient exposure during drug treatment: answers

For treating epilepsy of all forms, except typical absences, the recommended oral dose for children under 11 years old is initially 1-1.5mg/kg twice daily (Joint Formularies Committee, 2019). The...

Expanding the role of community pharmacists

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Action in asthma: the basics and beyond

The basic care in the UK referred to by Asthma UK consists of the prescription and use of preventer, reliever and combination inhalers, as well as tablets, injections, surgery and other novel...

Proton pump inhibitors: a round up of the latest literature

This article is a review of the literature, conducted by researchers in the USA (Maes et al, 2017). They reviewed published cohort studies, case controlled studies, randomised controlled trials and...

Pharmacists' role in improving diabetes care

‘Pharmacists can play an increasing role in the prevention, early detection, care and support of people with type 2 diabetes’ (RPS, 2019). .

Converting units

To convert from larger to smaller units, multiply by 1000 for each step. To convert from smaller to larger, divide by 1000..

Managing lymphoedema in patients with dementia: how to address compliance

The lymphatic system has three main functions:.

Prescribing challenges following bariatric surgery

Assistance was sought from the university library to conduct an exploratory literature search for relevant articles in English using the following terms: bariatric surgery; weight loss surgery;...

Prescribing practices of antimicrobial prophylaxis in older patients in the surgical wards

An audit-based retrospective study was carried out in the surgical wards of the main referral teaching hospital PIMS, Islamabad, Pakistan. This is a government-funded tertiary care teaching hospital...