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
An NP’s open letter to a general medicine consultant
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An NP’s open letter to a general medicine consultant
Monday 17 June 2024, 03:56 PM
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A phone call to a hospital consultant about a patient with heart failure leaves an NP feeling perplexed [Image: Marek Studzinski on Unsplash]
Nurse practitioner John recounts the dismissive attitude he encountered from a hospital consultant when trying to do the best for his patient
I hope you were just having a bad day, and I called you at the wrong time
Dear Doctor,
Hi, I’m John, a nurse practitioner at a GP practice in
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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