Nurses learning to prescribe should be mentored by both a nurse prescriber and a doctor, according to a leading nurse involved in updating prescribing competencies for all healthcare professionals.

Basel, Switzerland, 09 November 2018 - Experts from across Europe have developed a set of competencies in antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship, using a structured consensus procedure. This ESCMID ...

Dr Kam Ahmed discusses the safety challenges arising from pharmacists automatically becoming independent prescribers from ...

Catherine Picton and Cathy Quinn outline the challenges ahead for GP commissioners in keeping prescribing budgets under control. The NHS spends over £11bn on medicines each year. As the most common ...

WASHINGTON — For severe acute pain due to surgeries and medical conditions, there is a lack of guidance on the appropriate type, strength, and amount of opioid medication that clinicians should ...

A competency assessment framework for advanced nurse practitioners was developed for an acute medical unit, and assessed by advanced nurse practitioners and consultants Abstract Advanced nurse ...