title: Evidence base for effective medicines management.
abstract: This article aims to raise nurse prescribers' awareness of the factors that influence patients' medicine-taking behaviour. It highlights guidance on communication principles that should inform consultations with patients. Research on nurse prescribers' current practice will also be outlined. Suggestions are made to enhance practice and strengthen the nurse prescriber's role in effective medicine-taking.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Latter
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D009726:Nurses; D006113:United Kingdom