The impact of prescribing in wound care on nurses and patients.
The extension of independent nurse prescribing has paved the way not only for extending the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary, but also for the expansion of prescribing rights to other groups of practitioners, including tissue viability nurses. Initial evidence suggests that the changes have been a success, but this paper will discuss the implications for nurses and for patients.
LayFlurrie
Karen
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Windsor Wing Day Hospital.
Hempstead
Hemel
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D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*