Nursing needs its leaders to respond to FrancisAdministration of drugs
Administration of drugs 1: oral route
Part one of this four-part series discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the oral route
Drug calculations
How to calculate drug dosage accurately: advice for nurses
The lack of basic maths skills can be a major problem when it comes to nurses administering drugs to patients. Calculations are still a significant source of drug error.
Drug calculations
Nurses frequently use various types of mathematical calculation as part of their clinical practice, mainly when administering drugs.
Drug errors
IV therapy
Preparing injectable medicines safely
Advice on minimising the risks to patients when preparing injectable medicines
IV therapy in the community
Community IV therapy can benefit both patients and the NHS and the number of services is increasing. These require clear policies and staff training and support
Avoiding air embolism when removing CVCs
CVC removal is fairly straightforward but nurses should take essential steps to avoid complications
Using an outreach service to meet the needs of users of intravenous drugs with leg ulceration
Intravenous drug use can result in leg ulceration, causing pain and distress. Healthcare services need to respond to this frequently unrecognised problem
Medicine management
Compliance and concordance
Prescribing news
Behind the headlines
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NICE drugs guidance
cochrane summaries
NICE prescribing news
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New overactive bladder drug approved for use in Scotland
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New drug class for overactive bladder launched
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NICE backs drug for diabetic macular oedema
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NICE backs drug to reduce stroke risk for AF patients
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NICE retracts diabetic macular oedema drug refusal
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NICE seeks views on RA drug
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NICE recommends NHS use of new melanoma drugs
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NICE stroke drug guidance updated
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NICE criticises delays in care for newborns with infections
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Avastin not to be made routinely available on NHS
latest prescribing practice content
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Managing fever in children with a single antipyretic
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Cialis licence extended to benign prostate enlargement
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Cutting levels of antimicrobial resistance
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How to ensure patient safety in drug dose calculation
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Improving wellbeing with cardiac rehabilitation
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A reappraisal of herbal medicinal products
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Ethical issues around continuous deep sedation without hydration
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"You can nurse with dyscalculia - but know your limitations"
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"Expand HCA role to focus on older people’s rehabilitation"
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"Controlled drug prescription power is a vote of confidence"
