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
From 'useful wife' to NP professor: Massey nursing leader is never far from child-health front line
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From 'useful wife' to NP professor: Massey nursing leader is never far from child-health front line
Wednesday 1 February 2023, 11:50 AM
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Karen Hoare has made history in nursing and academia more than 30 years after setting off for The Gambia somewhat as an accessory to her doctor husband. Fiona Cassie reports
In 1989, when Karen Hoare accompanied her paediatrician husband to The Gambia, it was as a “useful wife”. “That made me laugh…it was so 1980s,” recall, Karen Hoare , Karen Hoare with husband Simon and granddaughter Olivia (age two) at last year’s family wedding [Image: Supplied]
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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