title: Practical skills: prescribing consultation in practice.
abstract: Whether trained to use the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for District Nurses and Health Visitors or the Nurse Prescribers' Extended Formulary, nurses who prescribe will have to develop a range of new or enhanced skills to practice effectively. In the first of an occasional series on practical skills for prescribing. Alison While examines the prelude to any prescription: the consultation.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003657:Decision Making; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011320:Primary Health Care; D017009:Professional Autonomy