title: Prescription and medication records.
abstract: All nurses are required to keep contemporaneous records which are unambiguous and legible. The NMC has reprinted the UKCC guidelines for records and record keeping (UKCC, 1998). The Department of Health has provided advice in its guidance on the implementation of independent nurse prescribing on the standards for prescription writing (DH, 2002).
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: Bridgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D006113:United Kingdom