Patient group directions in nurse-led sexual health clinics.
BACKGROUND
This article details an audit of the supply of medications by specialist nurses at a genitourinary medicine clinic.


CONCLUSIONS
The use of patient group directions resulted in a reduced number of prescriptions being required from doctors, thus saving time for them, the nurses and patients.
Miles
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Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London. kmiles@gum.ucl.ac.uk
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MacDougal
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D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013997:Time Factors; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*