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
The rise and rise of nurse practitioners
Wednesday 24 April 2019, 09:30 AM

University of Auckland associate professor in the School of Nursing Michal Boyd came from the US where there are 250,000 nurse practitioners, to New Zealand where there are very few
The brakes are off, and nurses are jumping at the chance to get to the top of their scope, Alan Perrott reports
It’s often not until they experience working with an NP that it’s, “ah-ha, that’s what they do”
After years of frustration at slow progress for n
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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