title: Nurse prescribing: national data analysis.
abstract: Kathy Davis and Vari Drennan summarise the results of an investigation into the prescribing behaviours of community-based nurses and GPs, using prescribing in constipation as a case study (Davis and Drennan, 2007).
authors.affiliation: City University, London.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Vari
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Drennan
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D054368:Laxatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013222:State Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D054368:Laxatives