For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
Living and breathing as a nurse: Primary care nurses feel the power of knowledge and support
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Living and breathing as a nurse: Primary care nurses feel the power of knowledge and support
Thursday 1 June 2023, 10:37 AM

Rotorua was the venue for this year’s symposium of the College of Primary Health Care Nurses and College of Nurses Aotearoa [Image: hongbin on Unsplash]
A gathering in Rotorua enriched the lives of the nurses who attended, on a personal and professional level, writes Lee-Anne Tait
This was a pertinent reminder to all of us that we are responsible for change in practice
Arriving at this year’s symposium of the College of Pri
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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