Practical Prescribing
Independent Prescribing: Practical Prescribing
February 3, 2010 by admin
Am I able to administer a vaccine using a Patient Specific Direction (PSD) as opposed to a Patient Group Direction (PGD)? My local pharmacist told me that this is possible, and that details about the medicine dose, do not need to be included in the PSD but can be provided verbally. Is this correct?
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Independent Prescribing: Practical Prescribing
November 27, 2009 by admin
I am undertaking the non-medical prescribing programme and am unclear about unlicensed medicines and off-label prescribing. Can I prescribe an unlicensed medicine or off-label as an independent prescriber?
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Independent Prescribing: Practical Prescribing
October 11, 2009 by admin
As a nurse working in private healthcare, can I administer injectable medicines such as Botox Vistabel, Dysport, and Azzalure in cosmetic procedures using a patient group direction (PGD)? Could I prescribe these treatments?
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Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing
September 22, 2009 by admin
I recently started a two-year MSc Advanced Practitioner programme with a special interest in COPD, and work with a community COPD team. I qualified as a nurse independent prescriber/nurse supplementary prescriber in 2005, prescribing within my competence in my specialist area. However, my current line manager says I will not be able to prescribe until the end of the course in 2011. I would appreciate your view.
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Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing
September 12, 2009 by admin
I am a qualified nurse independent prescriber (NIP) / nurse supplementary prescriber (NSP) and work in a rural minor injury and urgent care unit. Can you advise on the use of intra-nasal diamorphine?
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Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing
August 21, 2009 by admin
I have worked in general practice for 20 years and see many patients with diabetes and asthma. The doctors in the practice insist that they sign prescriptions for black triangle drugs. Is this right?
Many of the patients I see are on these drugs with a black triangle. If these medicines are within my area of competence, surely I should be able to prescribe them?
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Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing
July 18, 2009 by admin
I am aware of the restrictions concerning controlled drugs (CD). However, is Diazepam a CD? I am involved in the care of patients with short-term anxiety who would benefit from this medicine. However, the trust in which I work restricts the prescription of Diazepam by Nurse Independent Prescribers (NIPs) to palliative care and alcohol withdrawal.
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Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing
June 23, 2009 by admin
Q: Some of the vaccines that we administer in our practice, such as yellow fever and meningitis, are licensed for use in this country. However, others, including Japanese encephalits and tick-born encephalitis, are not licensed in the UK. Can a patient group direction (PGD) be used to administer private vavccines? As yellow fever and meningitis are licensed, can a patient specific direction (PSD) be authorised by a nurse prescriber for private patients?
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Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing
June 8, 2009 by admin
Q: I work in rural Scotland and qualified as a nurse independent prescriber / supplementary prescriber just under a year ago. There are are couple of patients, for whom I am responsible, that I can’t always see for face-to-face consultations. Instead, I provide them with a telephone consultation and then prescribe their medicines on the basis of this. I am unsure if this practice is acceptable.
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Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing
May 18, 2009 by admin
Q: I am in the process of setting up a “new entrants” community based service which aims to support new arrivals into the country by offering a health access service. One of the objectives of this scheme is to decrease the incidence of TB. Can a nurse independent prescriber (NIP) write a Patient Specific Direction for the Mantoux test, which uses a tuberculin that is unlicensed in the UK?
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