Tissue viability: The facts and the law. Accountability is an integral part of nursing, particularly in tissue viability services
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The nature of accountability has become more signifiant and nurses have to face professional and political challenges. The delivery of tissue viability services provides opportunities for nurses to advance their practice, but there is also increased liability. An education leaflet by the Wound Care Society, covers patient advocacy, complaint management, resource management, competence and advertising and marketing.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Understanding developments in non-medical prescribing
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Efforts are made to develop and practically implement non-medical prescription considering that prescribing error is the most serious type of medication error. Employers, managers, and individual practitioners involved in non-medical prescribing need to ensure that required mechanisms and strategies are in place to ensure the safety of the patient.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2005
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Are nurses ready to prescribe without a doctor's endorsement?
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Contrasting views are put forward concerning the degree of knowledge required to enable nurses to prescribe drugs without the endorsement of a doctor. The training of nurses in the life sciences is discussed.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
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