General prescribing principles. Improving practice.

Carol Lewis; Daniel Allen

PubMed · 12808843

General prescribing principles. Improving practice.

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There is a lot of information available for nurses to help monitor and develop prescribing practice. The most important of these include: Prescribing Analysis and CosT reports National Institute for Clinical Excellence National service frameworks PRODIGY Pharmaceutical information Local prescribing committees Colleagues Yourself

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