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
Nurses’ work is often invisible: Nurse work varied dramatically across models of primary care
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Nurses’ work is often invisible: Nurse work varied dramatically across models of primary care
Tuesday 11 April 2023, 04:37 PM

Work not attributed to nurses in practice records meant nurses’ work was underestimated to an unknown degree [Image: Stafano Pollio on Unsplash]
A research team has produced the largest-ever dataset on general practice in New Zealand. Research leads Nicolette Sheridan, Tim Kenealy and Tom Love describe how nurses’ work varied dramatically across different models of primary care.
This is the fourth in a series of five articles. The final one will appear in the next print edition
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